Homes were flooded in several communities. Residents poled small boats through flooded roadways in Waimea, and were evacuating homes along the Wailua River. The Wailua Marina docks were underwater.

County civil defense officials did not order evacuations, but emergency shelters were opened at the Kapa'a and Waimea Neighborhood Centers for people voluntarily leaving their homes.

The island belt road was intermittently closed by mud and rock slides, and cascades of water rushing across the pavement. In many other areas, travel was limited to a single lane.

There were reports of bridges damaged in the Wailua area from flood-driven debris crashing into them.

On O'ahu, rain was falling steadily and a severe weather watch and small stream advisory was in effect for east honolulu and the windward side.

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Kids cruise bikes through flooded Waimea Valley streets. Residents were concerned that wakes from trucks would worsen the flooding of low-lying homes.

Many roads and lower-lying properties in Waimea were flooded in the New Year's Day rainstorms.

Wailua River overflowed its banks, flooding riverside homes and parks, and threatening to float outrigger canoes that normally sit on dry land.

Wailua Marina, on the south side of Wailua River, was flooded by the high water. Marine docks and passenger loading areas were entirely under water, and the berm at right that normally separates the basin from the river, was under water as well.

Whole trees, including these uprooted bananas, swept down the rampaging Näwiliwili Stream, dumping tons of debris into Kalapaki Bay.