Posted at 10:01 p.m., Monday, October 16, 2006
Highway flooded on Big Island
Advertiser Staff
Flooding forced the partial closure tonight of a section of the Big Island's 'Akoni Pule Highway, the major coastal roadway in North Kohala.Troy Kindred, Hawai'i County Civil Defense administrator, said at 8:45 p.m. there was three feet of water on the highway at the 5-mile marker, where a bridge was damaged in Sunday's earthquake. Officials kept one lane of the highway open.
Hilo and Puna, meanwhile, were experiencing heavy rains and lightning.
