{"id":331266,"date":"2025-12-05T03:32:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331266\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T03:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T03:32:14","slug":"coastal-flood-statement-goes-into-effect-thursday-night-for-all-hawaii-coastlines-big-island-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331266\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal flood statement goes into effect Thursday night for all Hawai\u2018i coastlines : Big Island Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   December 3, 2025, 4:12 PM HST   <br \/>* Updated December 4, 4:42 AM   <\/p>\n<p>National Weather Service forecasters in Honolulu issued a coastal flood statement for all of the islands, in effect from midnight Thursday, Dec. 4, through Saturday, Dec. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Peak monthly high tides combined with water levels higher than predicted will lead to minor flooding along shoreline and in low-lying coastal areas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176230834476654.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/176230834476654.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413719\"\/><\/a>Photo Courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156807380@N03\/35883058101\/in\/photostream\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/156807380@N03\/35883058101\/in\/photostream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Hawai\u2018i Sea Grant King Tides Project<\/a>\/Record 1131\/May 24, 2017\/Ruby Pap\/Flickr ()<\/p>\n<p>Coastal flooding will be especially possible by about daily peak high tide, which will be during the early morning hours.<\/p>\n<p>Isolated minor coastal flooding is expected, with vulnerable low-lying coastal roadways, docks, boat ramps and other coastal infrastructure especially at risk.<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ADARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/p>\n<p>Flooding of normally-dry beaches, minor coastal erosion and saltwater inundation also are possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters advise the public:<\/p>\n<p>Avoid driving through flooded roadways. If you are forced to drive through salt water, be sure to rinse your vehicle with fresh water as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Move electronics, vehicles or other valuables to higher ground.<\/p>\n<p>Monitor vessels to ensure mooring lines don\u2019t get too tight and watch out for overwash around boat ramps. Secure canoes or other watercraft stowed on beaches.<\/p>\n<p>Submit coastal flooding photos to the University of Hawai\u2018i Sea Grant College <a href=\"http:\/\/PacificIslandsKingTides.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hawai\u2018i and Pacific Islands King Tides Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"December 3, 2025, 4:12 PM HST * Updated December 4, 4:42 AM National Weather Service forecasters in Honolulu&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[167850,167851,5375,5376,167852,192,167853,13888,167854,24030,79],"class_list":["post-331266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-big-island-ocean-conditions","tag-all-state-coastlines","tag-big-island-news","tag-big-island-now","tag-coastal-flooding-statement","tag-environment","tag-from-midnight-dec-4-through-saturday","tag-hawaii-news","tag-minor-flooding-expected-along-vulnerable-low-lying-coasts-and-m","tag-national-weather-service","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}