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Jason Momoa Was Forced to Flee Devastating Hawaii Flooding
Actor Jason Momoa is sharing an update on the devastating flooding ravaging parts of Hawaii.
“I got my family with me. We got out of the North Shore … our power went off,” Momoa, 46, said in a since-expired post shared via his Instagram Stories, per multiple media outlets including People and Page Six. “We’re safe for now, but there’s a lot of people who aren’t, so we’re sending all of our love.”
The Game of Thrones actor — who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa — continued, “The North Shore is pretty gnarly right now. So hopefully everyone’s safe and getting out. Stay safe out there.”
Catastrophic flooding has hit portions of Hawaii after the islands were hit with back-to-back storms. According to local authorities, the flooding is the worst the state has seen in 20 years. On Friday, March 20, flooding threatened to bust through a dam in northern Oahu, prompting thousands of people to evacuate, according to USA Today.
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“LEAVE NOW,” an alert sent to residents in Hale’iwa and Wailua, read.
According to Governor Josh Green, an estimated 200 people have been rescued and 10 have presented at hospitals with symptoms consistent with hypothermia. On Friday, a weather service bulletin stated that “civilians had to be rescued and transported on a bulldozer” after a foot of water rose over a road one mile east of Waialua.
“This is a major threat to our people and to our state,” the governor reiterated during a Friday news conference.
On Saturday, March 21, the National Weather Service in Honolulu issued a flood watch for the whole state through the afternoon of Sunday, March 22, citing heavy rain — sometimes as much as 2 to 4 inches per hour — in addition to thunderstorms and an increased risk of flash flooding.
On Saturday, Momoa shared several photographs of the devastation the flooding has caused on the North Shore, including a video of debris being pushed up onto the beach and images of destroyed roads.
The actor also shared a video of an event space suitable to host “a fundraiser.”
“Mahalo to Ko Olina and Hawaiian counsel helping put together a fundraiser soon,” he wrote over the footage. “Stay tuned to help donate we still got to get through this weekend. Stay safe all my aloha.”
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“It would be beautiful to do, if we can do a fundraiser here,” he said as he showed off the property. “Wow, that’s a sick tent, huh? That’s a cool stage.”
He continued, “This would be really cool to do a fundraiser … Awesome, let’s do it. Try to get a fundraiser going with the green … Just trying to figure out something we can do, make some money for those in need. Let’s go! Good job, cousins. Good job, my cousin.”
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