US - One dead, 7 missing after Hawaii dam bursts

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One dead, 7 missing

after Hawaii dam bursts

Hawaiian island 'taken by

surprise' after days of heavy rain

Tuesday,

March 14, 2006 Posted: 2341 GMT (0741 HKT)

 

HONOLULU, Hawaii (AP) -- An earthen dam burst on the Hawaiian island of Kauai on Tuesday, sweeping away houses in a torrent of

water 150 yards across. One person was killed and as many as seven others were

reported missing.

The Kaloko Reservoir dam gave way without warning after days

of heavy rain, washing out the island's main coastal highway used by thousands of residents and tourists.

Search crews recovered an unidentified body, Coast Guard

spokesman Michael De Nyse said. Helicopters continued the search for victims in

the debris and the floodwaters that ran into the Pacific, three miles from the

burst dam.

State Rep. Hermina Morita, whose district includes the area

where the dam failed, said a constituent who had spent the night away from home

returned and was searching for four family members.

There was no warning about the dam's strength or the amount

of water in the reservoir behind it, Morita said.

" I think everybody was taken by surprise, " she

said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/dam.burst.ap/index.html

 

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