{"id":42749,"date":"2026-03-23T12:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/?p=42749"},"modified":"2026-03-23T12:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:12:12","slug":"historic-flooding-devastates-hawaii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/cat-alert\/historic-flooding-devastates-hawaii\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic flooding devastates Hawaii"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">A powerful kona storm triggered historic flooding in Hawaii over the weekend, causing widespread damage and displacing families across multiple islands.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The storm followed another low-pressure system just days earlier. Together, the two storms dropped nearly 50 inches of rain in some areas within a week \u2014 destroying homes, washing out roads and straining critical infrastructure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Authorities say the flooding is the worst Hawaii has seen in more than 20 years. Hundreds of people were rescued, and more than 5,000 people were evacuated in Northern Oahu amid concerns that the 120-year-old Wahiawa Dam could fail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Though waters are receding, a flash flood warning is still in effect through Monday afternoon for parts of the state. As cleanup efforts continue, early estimates suggest total damage could reach $1 billion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>When disaster strikes, we\u2019re ready to respond, 24\/7\/365.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We\u2019ll be there, anywhere, to handle every aspect of a loss. We have all the experts needed to move each claim forward \u2013 from loss adjusters and engineering consultants to temporary housing specialists and repair contractors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Whatever the loss and whatever the need, we\u2019ll bring together all the right resources \u2013 at the right time \u2013 to assess damage, coordinate repairs and resolve claims quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you have questions, contact our property team. If you need assistance with a claim, assign it to us&nbsp;<a data-business-unit=\"Loss adjusting\" data-solution-type=\"Property claims\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/loss-adjusting\/property-claims\/catastrophe-response\/#contact\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful kona storm triggered historic flooding in Hawaii over the weekend, causing widespread damage and displacing families across multiple islands.&nbsp; The storm followed another low-pressure system just days earlier. Together, the two storms dropped nearly 50 inches of rain in some areas within a week \u2014 destroying homes, washing out roads and straining critical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":42750,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","sdw_datalayer_business_unit":"","sdw_datalayer_solution_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[1270,375,242,690,281,709,297,408],"class_list":["post-42749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-alert","tag-cat-alert","tag-cat-insights","tag-cat-response","tag-cat-work","tag-catastrophe","tag-flood","tag-flooding","tag-united-states"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42751,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42749\/revisions\/42751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sedgwick.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}