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This is after blizzard warnings were posted just days ago for hawaii's highest elevations. we get our report tonight from nbc news correspondent emily ikeda. >> reporter: heart-stopping rescues in hawaii as sheets of rain drench the archipelago, five boys pulled from a river under the cover of darkness. the days-long rain event known as a kona lo, known for its nature, dumping two feet in maui in two days, 3 inches an hour in parts of oahu. >> pay attention to your surroundings and don't take chances at this time. >> reporter: chaos on roadways more like rivers. tourists here for a taste of pa...

Powerful winds flinging the doors wide open. torrential rains thrashing the windows. >> that's a tornado for sure. look at it, it's right there! >> reporter: lightning strikes with sheets of rain drench the parking lot. the same line of storms downing trees and toppling power lines across the garden state. west of pittsburgh, flash flooding damaging homes and washing out roadways. >> it was total rain, you couldn't see anything. >> reporter: in springfield, missouri, powerful winds tearing off the roof of a car wash, catapulting it into this house. and north of boston, winds toppling a tree ri...