Update 2 at 10:03 p.m. Sept. 26, 2026: The flood advisory for areas along the southeast slopes of the Big Island is extended again, now until 12:45 a.m. Sunday.<\/p>\n
Emergency management officials reported shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday that several roads in Puna and Kau remain closed because of flooding.<\/p>\n
Areas of moderate rain will continue to move into southeast portions of the Big Island during the next few hours, with rainfall rates continuing generally at half an inch to 1 inch per hour.<\/p>\n
Update at 6:42 p.m. Sept. 26, 2026: The flood advisory in effect for southeastern slopes of the Big Island was extended to 9:45 p.m.<\/p>\n
Emergency management officials reported shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday that portions of Highway 11 remain closed in both directions because flooding. Locations include:<\/p>\n
Between Pinao Street and Ka\u02bbalu\u02bbalu Road in Wai\u02bb\u014dhinu.<\/p>\n
Between N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu and N\u012bnole.<\/p>\n
Ka\u02bbal\u0101iki Road remains near the intersection with Highway 11 in N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu.<\/p>\n
Areas of moderate rain will continue to move into southeast portions of the Big Island during the next few hours, with rain now falling at rates generally of half an inch to 1 inch per hour.<\/p>\n
Some locations that will experience flooding include Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park, Wood Valley, Volcano, P\u0101hala, Glenwood, Punalu\u02bbu Black Sand Beach, K\u0101w\u0101 Flats, Mountain View and Hawaiian Acres.<\/p>\n
Story originally posted 5:01 p.m. Sept. 26, 2026: A new flood advisory is also now in effect until 6:45 p.m. for several locations on the Big Island as flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected, resulting in minor flooding on roads and in poor drainage areas and streams.<\/p>\n
National Weather Service doppler radar indicated at 3:48 p.m. moderate rain falling over the southeast slopes of the island, mainly between N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu and Wood Valley.<\/p>\n
Hawai\u02bbi County Civil Defense also reported flooding on Ka\u02bbal\u0101iki Road near Highway 11 in N\u0101\u02bb\u0101lehu and a portion of Highway 11 in Wai\u02bb\u014dhinu, prompting road closures.<\/p>\n
Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Rain was falling at half an inch to 1 inch per hour.<\/p>\n
Some locations that will experience flooding include Hawaiian Paradise Park, Hawai\u02bbi Volcanoes National Park, Wood Valley, Volcano, P\u0101hala, Glenwood, Punalu\u02bbu Black Sand Beach, K\u0101w\u0101 Flats, Mountain View and Hawaiian Acres.<\/p>\n
The public should stay away from streams, drainage ditches and low-lying areas prone to flooding.<\/p>\n
A flood watch also remains in effect until 6 p.m. for the entire Big Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2 at 10:03 p.m. Sept. 26, 2026: The flood advisory for areas along the southeast slopes of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":["post-862321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862321","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=862321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}