Update from Kauai
Update from Kauai - 54 Island Dams Inspected; Search Resumes for Four Missing People
By Kauai County Government, 3/21/2006 9:06:11 AM
LIHUE – Visual inspections of approximately half of Kaua‘i’s 54 dams were conducted Monday.
Multiple teams of engineers from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are involved in this effort. One team include Hawai‘i-based members of the U.S. Geological Society.
According to a spokesperson for the assessment teams, based on preliminary findings, none of the dams inspected today are in danger of failing. It is expected that assessments of all of Kaua‘i’s dams will be completed by Friday.
Anyone interested in finding out the status of Ka Loko and Puu Ka Ele dams where USGS gauges have been installed may log on to the USGS Pacific Island Water Science Center website, http://www.hi.water.usgs.gov and click on the link to whichever reservoir they’d like to learn more about.
The search for the four people still missing since the Ka Loko dam breached last Tuesday will continue tomorrow. Personnel from the Hawai‘i Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, Kaua‘i Fire Department, Kaua‘i Police Department, state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawai‘i National Guard are working together in the search.
National Guardsmen have also been involved in the transport of water pumps to several locations around the island including the Ka Loko Dam, Kapa‘a bypass, Kekaha, Ko¯loa and the Morita Dam.
All of the Red Cross shelters on Kaua‘i are now closed, but Disaster Relief Assistance Centers are scheduled to open in Kala¯heo and Kilauea by the end of the week. More information on this is forthcoming.
Besides one lane of Kuhio Highway in the vicinity of Kilauea, the only other major road closure is Kokee Road, from Kekaha to Waimea Canyon Road. One lane of the Westside road is expected to reopen at approximately 7 am tomorrow.
Anyone who sustained damages to their homes, farms, businesses or other property due to heavy rains is encouraged to call 211, toll-free, anytime day or night to report the damage. The information provided will be forwarded to the appropriate agencies for action.
By Kauai County Government, 3/21/2006 9:06:11 AM
LIHUE – Visual inspections of approximately half of Kaua‘i’s 54 dams were conducted Monday.
Multiple teams of engineers from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are involved in this effort. One team include Hawai‘i-based members of the U.S. Geological Society.
According to a spokesperson for the assessment teams, based on preliminary findings, none of the dams inspected today are in danger of failing. It is expected that assessments of all of Kaua‘i’s dams will be completed by Friday.
Anyone interested in finding out the status of Ka Loko and Puu Ka Ele dams where USGS gauges have been installed may log on to the USGS Pacific Island Water Science Center website, http://www.hi.water.usgs.gov and click on the link to whichever reservoir they’d like to learn more about.
The search for the four people still missing since the Ka Loko dam breached last Tuesday will continue tomorrow. Personnel from the Hawai‘i Urban Search and Rescue Task Force, Kaua‘i Fire Department, Kaua‘i Police Department, state Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Hawai‘i National Guard are working together in the search.
National Guardsmen have also been involved in the transport of water pumps to several locations around the island including the Ka Loko Dam, Kapa‘a bypass, Kekaha, Ko¯loa and the Morita Dam.
All of the Red Cross shelters on Kaua‘i are now closed, but Disaster Relief Assistance Centers are scheduled to open in Kala¯heo and Kilauea by the end of the week. More information on this is forthcoming.
Besides one lane of Kuhio Highway in the vicinity of Kilauea, the only other major road closure is Kokee Road, from Kekaha to Waimea Canyon Road. One lane of the Westside road is expected to reopen at approximately 7 am tomorrow.
Anyone who sustained damages to their homes, farms, businesses or other property due to heavy rains is encouraged to call 211, toll-free, anytime day or night to report the damage. The information provided will be forwarded to the appropriate agencies for action.
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