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The National Weather Service has extended a Flash Flood Warning for the island of Maui until 10 a.m.; and issued a Flood Warning for MolokaŹ»i until 9:45 a.m. ....
At 7:45 a.m., radar showed widespread moderate rainfallcontinuing over all of windward Maui, with some showers spreading to leeward areas. “Shower coverage upstream is gradually diminishing, and thus rainfall is expected to subside as the morning progresses,” according to the NWS forecast. ....
At 2:40 a.m., radar showed a renewed area of very heavy showers moving over Maui from the south, with even more heavy showers developing further upstream. The NWS says ;ocalized rainfall rates of 2-3 inches per hour will exacerbate ongoing flooding from earlier rainfall. Portions of leeward Maui have received over 6 inches of rain over the past six hours, and runoff remains high.
Below are storm photos from what the National Weather Service reported as Maui County’s “heaviest rainfall.” The rainfall was expected to cause “catastrophic flooding and affect areas that do not usually flood.” ....