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Heavy rain causes flooding all over Oahu

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VIDEO COURTESY MICHELLE KAMAUOHA
Flash flooding was visible along Kamehameha Highway near the Hauula Fire Station this afternoon. Hauula along with Laie, Pupukea, Haleiwa, Kahaluu and Kaneohe are under a flash flood emergency, according to the National Weather Service in Honolulu.
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COURTESY ROBIN VYE
Onlookers watch from the Kamehameha Highway Bridge just after 4 p.m. today as floodwaters swelled the banks of Anahulu Stream. About 4:25 p.m., the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management issued an emergency evacuation for Haleiwa town.
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Firefighters decide where to look for missing person in a steam by Waihona Street.
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Accompanied by two other firemen, a firefighter searched for a missing person with a pole suspended above a fast moving river.
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At Kaneohe District Park, Avery Toilolo, and brother, Sonny, surf on a grass hill.
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Workers clear up a muddy road near Kahekili Highway.
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The Heeia River flooded.
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Haleiwa Road is seen flooded on Tuesday.
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Honolulu police monitor rising floodwater on Haleiwa Road on Tuesday.
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A man wades in floodwater along Haleiwa Road on Tuesday.
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A rescue crew member searched for a missing person who was swept away into Waihona Stream in the Pearl City area.
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Concerned people watched as HFD searched Waihona Stream in the Pearl City area for a missing person who was swept away.
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Rescue crew searched for a missing person who was swept away into Waihona Stream in the Pearl City area.
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A house on Haleiwa Road was flooded with water.
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A stream next to Waihona Street in Pearl City floods.
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A stream alongside Waihona Street In Pearl City floods.
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Road flooding between Wailehua Road and Waikane Store.
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Road flooding between Wailehua Road and Waikane Store.
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Accompanied by two other firemen, a firefighter searched for a missing person with a pole suspended above a fast moving river.
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HPD turned around traffic at Waihee Road and Kamehameha Highway.
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A mudslide causes problems on Kamehameha Highway near Pokole Point in Heeia.
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Hillside erosion in Heeia.
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Water from Heeia stream.
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Flooding continued to get worse on Haleiwa Road near the Hele gas station.
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A stream alongside Waihona Street In Pearl City floods.
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A fire truck drives through overflowing water from Heeia stream.
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A road crew works to clear Kamehameha Highway near Kahekili Highway.
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A stream alongside Waihona Street In Pearl City floods.
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Heeia stream, which is normally 15 feet wide, ballooned up to almost 200 feet wide.

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