© The Maui NewsA truck sends up a spray of water as it passes through the heavy rain and floodwaters along South Kihei Road near Kalama Beach Park on Friday afternoon. Kihei saw nearly 2 inches of rain over a three-hour period on Friday afternoon, which forced several road closures in the area.
The Maui Emergency Management Agency reported that stationary rain clouds near Kihei caused excessive rainfall in the area. MEMA partially activated its Emergency Operations Center to monitor heavy rainfall and flooding in South Maui, but the center stood down after a flash flood advisory was lifted at about 5:20 p.m., the county said.
According to National Weather Service data, Kihei recorded 1.89 inches of rain from 1 to 4 p.m. on Friday. Flooding was reported near Kalama Park in the area of Waimahaihai Street and Keala Place, and by 2 p.m., Maui police had closed South Kihei Road from Waimahaihai Street to Kanani Road.
Comment: A day earlier a bolt killed 2 brothers in another region of the same country. While in Pakistan on the 10th of September two children from the same family were also fatally struck.