In 2006, a dam broke on Kauai, killing 7. In 2018, another scare happened in Nuuanu The Ka Loko Dam broke on Kauai in March 2006, killing seven people. (Source: HNN Archives) By Dillon Ancheta | March 8, 2021 at 7:52 PM HST - Updated March 8 at 9:13 PM HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii residents know that when it comes to severe weather and threats of flooding, Mother Nature can turn deadly in a flash ― and it’s happened before. The Ka Loko Dam broke on Kauai in March 2006, killing seven people. (Source: HNN Archives) On March 14, 2006, seven people were killed when the walls of the Ka Loko Dam on Kauai’s north shore gave way.