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Heavy rains pelted Oahu on Saturday, resulting in several weather-related mishaps around the island.
The National Weather Service issued a flash-flood warning for the island effective from 6:59 to 10 p.m. as radar indicated heavy showers and thunderstorms across southeast Oahu.
In the 24-hour period ending at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, heavy rainfall was recorded at Manoa’s Lyon Arboretum (4.37 inches), Moanalua (3.92), Nuuanu (3.82) and Maunawili (3.74).
Around 12:20 p.m., Honolulu Fire Department personnel responded to an incident in which a vehicle spun out of control on Likelike Highway just outside the Kaneohe side of the Wilson Tunnel, where heavy rains had been detected. About an hour later, another vehicle traveling in the opposite direction spun out in the same area. No one was injured in either incident, according to HFD spokesman Capt. Kevin Mokulehua.
Around 7:14 p.m., HFD dispatched three units staffed by 11 personnel to a section of Palolo Stream near the intersection of Waialae Avenue and Koali Road, where two people were in need of assistance amid rain-swollen stream conditions.
Both were rescued from the stream without serious injury.
Less than an hour later, scanner transmissions indicated that three vehicles had struck a fallen tree in Nuuanu. No further details are yet available.