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Worst Hawaii flooding in 20 years leaves some homes in mud as recovery begins: "We lost everything"

CBS News·Matt Gutman·6 months ago
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March 23, 2026 / 9:04 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google O'ahu resident Melanie Lee saw what's left of her house for the first time on Monday after the worst flooding Hawaii has seen in two decades turned parts of the islands' emerald communities into mud.  "We've been here almost 20 years. I lost ... We lost everything," Lee told CBS News. "My children's pictures. Just real sentimental stuff. Now it's like, now where we go from here?"  Hawaii is just beginning the recovery from a pair of massive storms that unleashed up to 4 feet of rain in parts of O'ahu and Maui over the past week, Gov. Josh Green said. The latest storm prompted evacuation orders north of Honolulu, where officials said more than 200 people were rescued . In northern O'ahu, members of the National Guard trudged through waist-deep water to help stranded drivers and mudbound homeowners.…

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