Flooding In Maui Damaged Homes, Prompted Evacuations

The mayor of Maui has asked some residents to evacuate and others to shelter in place due to flooding that threatened to cause a dam failure earlier Monday and has already damaged or destroyed at least half a dozen homes.

The Maui Fire Department reported it received more than a dozen calls for help from residents who were trapped in their homes because of rising flood waters, according to an update from the County of Maui.

"The current weather situation has created very dangerous flooding situation throughout the County of Maui, especially in east Maui," Maui Mayor Mike Victorino said during a press conference Monday afternoon.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a real flooding situation we have not seen in a long time," adding that some residents told him that this is the worst flooding they’ve seen in over 25 years.