HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Severe storms hit Big Island, Kaua'i
Advertiser Staff
Flooding forced the partial closure last night 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 3 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.
At 10:43 p.m. last night the weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Kaua'i. The warning said the storm could produce nickel-sized hail and winds of more than 60 mph.
The weather service said the storm would affect Kaua'i from Barking Sands to Polihale.
KAUA'I
VICTIM OF WAILUA FIGHT IDENTIFIED
LIHU'E — Police yesterday identified a Wailua man who died Saturday as a result of head injuries sustained in a fight as Noah Carreira, 44.
Carreira was arguing with another man Friday night on a street in Wailua Homesteads when blows were exchanged, police said. He was taken to Wilcox Hospital and died Saturday afternoon.
No arrests have been made and police are continuing their investigation.
O'AHU
WATER SERVICE FULLY RESTORED
Full water service was restored on O'ahu by early last night, according to Board of Water Supply spokeswoman Su Shin.
Upper Nu'uanu Valley was the last pocket to have service restored.
The Board of Water Supply thanked the public for its response to conserve water during Sunday's electrical power failure caused by the earthquake.
"The public's effort during the emergency made a tremendous impact," Shin said. "We probably would have run out of water if people didn't conserve."
WAIKIKI
INAUGURAL FILIPINO DINNER ON FRIDAY
The Bayanihan Dinner, the Filipino Community Center's first benefit dinner, is being held Friday night at the Sheraton Waikiki Hawai'i Ballroom.
The event will feature entertainment by some of Hawai'i's top Filipino talent including Matt Catingub, Rocky Brown, Afatia Thompson, Les Ceballos and Kristian Lei. The show is being planned by Cha Thompson of Tihati Productions.
Cocktails will begin at 7 p.m. with dinner and program beginning at 7. Individual tickets are available at $250. For information or to purchase tickets, call the Filipino Community Center at 680-0451.
Co-chairmen for the event are Nery and David Heenan and Robin and Valerie Campaniano.
STATEWIDE
ALOHA FLIGHT LANDS AFTER ENGINE WOES
An Aloha Airlines flight from Kona experienced problems with one of its engines yesterday but landed safely at Honolulu Airport.
Flight 281 had a compression problem with engine No. 1 and the pilot turned it off as a precaution, Aloha spokesman Stu Glauberman said. The flight left Kona at 4:30 p.m. and arrived in Honolulu at 5:20 p.m.
