Flash flooding swamps Hawaii, prompting evacuation orders for 5,500 people

Oahu’s emergency office has ordered residents in the Waialua area to ‘leave now’ amid risk of road failures.

Heavy rains have prompted widespread evacuations on the north shore of the island of Oahu, as the state of Hawaii experiences its worst flooding in 20 years.

Early Saturday morning, Oahu’s Department of Emergency Management issued dire warnings for residents in c...