A total of 500 applications for storm-related services were processed this week through multi-agency Disaster Assistance and Recovery Centers in Waialua, Hale'iwa, La'ie, Windward Oahu, Waipahu and the Wai'anae Coast, state Civil Defense spokesman Ray Lovell said yesterday.

After four days in operation, the centers closed at 4 p.m. yesterday. Lovell said more than 240 O'ahu homes sustained major damage or were destroyed by flooding Dec. 11 and 13 that was brought on by heavy rains.

The number of homes that received minor damage is "approaching 300," he added.

He said that in the coming days damage assessments would be made based on information compiled through the centers.

"We don't have a dollar amount yet," said Lovell. "That will take a little time."

DIAMOND HEAD ROAD REOPENED

Diamond Head Road was reopened yesterday after road work caused by a rockslide Friday.

The rockslide happened about 5 p.m. Friday. The road was opened at about 6 p.m. yesterday.

DIRECTOR NAMED AT HONOLULU ZOO

Stephen Walker will become the director of the Honolulu Zoo early next month, Mayor Mufi Hannemann said yesterday in a news release.

Walker is currently the director of the Tulsa Zoo in Oklahoma. He will succeed Ken Redman, who retired as Honolulu Zoo director earlier this year.

Walker is expected in Ho-nolulu the first week in January.

AGENCIES PROBE CRASH AT KALAELOA

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will be investigating the crash of a single-engine plane Friday near the Kalaeloa Airport that injured three people, an FAA spokesman said yesterday morning.

The Piper Cherokee went down about 11:30 a.m. on the side of Coral Sea Road on the grounds of what was formerly known as Barbers Point Naval Air Station. All three people on the plane were injured, including the pilot and a married couple. The plane belonged to Offshore Flight School Inc.