Updated at 11:24 a.m., Monday, January 3, 2005
High surf pummels Ka'ena Point; Kaua'i begins cleaning up
By Peter Boylan and Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writers
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| Torrential rains caused two large sinkholes in the parking lot of the Kaua'i Marriott Resort, including one that swallowed a rental car.
Jan TenBruggencate • The Honolulu Advertiser |
"We're asking people to stay off the beaches and be very careful," he said. "With the west winds blowing straight onshore, it is just big, stormy, and ugly."
Howe said the gate to the park has been closed and a temporary fence has been put up.
The heavy rains that ushered in the new year have mostly passed, a National Weather Service forecaster said last night.
"There's an outside shot Kaua'i could get some rain in the middle of the week, but nothing like what happened Thursday through Saturday," forecaster Ray Tanabe said. "It looks pretty good for the rest of the Islands."
Forecasters issued a high-wind warning last night for the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa, with gusts of up to 80 mph.
On Kaua'i, Kalapaki Beach in Lihu'e was still closed yesterday following a spill of 132,000 gallons of sewage caused by New Year's Day flooding.
A sewer line ruptured near the entrance of the Kaua'i Marriott Resort, where rains caused four sinkholes. A parked rental car was swallowed by one.
On O'ahu yesterday, a section of Diamond Head Road near Makalei Place was closed at 12:32 a.m. because of falling rock and debris. The road was reopened at 2:30 a.m.
