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Potential dam failures as well! #WahiawāDam

#Hawaii's #KonaStorm triggers #flooding, 100-mph #winds and summit snow

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged #kona storm is bringing dangerous flooding, waterspouts, high winds over 100 mph and 1-2 feet of snow to the summits.

By Emilee Speck, Mar 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Storms are producing intense downpours capable of triggering localized flooding, especially in upslope areas. Heavier rainfall is expected over #Kauai and #Oahu and continuing into the weekend.

" 'This deluge of heavy rain will persist for most of the Hawaiian Islands on Saturday, exacerbating any ongoing localized flooding,' Glenny said.

"As more rain falls, life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows are possible."

#HawaiiWx #DamFailure #Flooding #FlashFlooding #ExtremeWeather #Molokai #Oahu

Potential dam failures as well! #WahiawāDam

#Hawaii's #KonaStorm triggers #flooding, 100-mph #winds and summit snow

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged #kona storm is bringing dangerous flooding, waterspouts, high winds over 100 mph and 1-2 feet of snow to the summits.

By Emilee Speck, Mar 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Storms are producing intense downpours capable of triggering localized flooding, especially in upslope areas. Heavier rainfall is expected over #Kauai and #Oahu and continuing into the weekend.

" 'This deluge of heavy rain will persist for most of the Hawaiian Islands on Saturday, exacerbating any ongoing localized flooding,' Glenny said.

"As more rain falls, life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows are possible."

#HawaiiWx #DamFailure #Flooding #FlashFlooding #ExtremeWeather #Molokai #Oahu

Potential dam failures as well! #WahiawāDam

#Hawaii's #KonaStorm triggers #flooding, 100-mph #winds and summit snow

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged #kona storm is bringing dangerous flooding, waterspouts, high winds over 100 mph and 1-2 feet of snow to the summits.

By Emilee Speck, Mar 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Storms are producing intense downpours capable of triggering localized flooding, especially in upslope areas. Heavier rainfall is expected over #Kauai and #Oahu and continuing into the weekend.

" 'This deluge of heavy rain will persist for most of the Hawaiian Islands on Saturday, exacerbating any ongoing localized flooding,' Glenny said.

"As more rain falls, life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows are possible."

#HawaiiWx #DamFailure #Flooding #FlashFlooding #ExtremeWeather #Molokai #Oahu

Potential dam failures as well! #WahiawāDam

#Hawaii's #KonaStorm triggers #flooding, 100-mph #winds and summit snow

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged #kona storm is bringing dangerous flooding, waterspouts, high winds over 100 mph and 1-2 feet of snow to the summits.

By Emilee Speck, Mar 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Storms are producing intense downpours capable of triggering localized flooding, especially in upslope areas. Heavier rainfall is expected over #Kauai and #Oahu and continuing into the weekend.

" 'This deluge of heavy rain will persist for most of the Hawaiian Islands on Saturday, exacerbating any ongoing localized flooding,' Glenny said.

"As more rain falls, life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows are possible."

#HawaiiWx #DamFailure #Flooding #FlashFlooding #ExtremeWeather #Molokai #Oahu

Potential dam failures as well! #WahiawāDam

#Hawaii's #KonaStorm triggers #flooding, 100-mph #winds and summit snow

An emergency declaration was issued as a prolonged #kona storm is bringing dangerous flooding, waterspouts, high winds over 100 mph and 1-2 feet of snow to the summits.

By Emilee Speck, Mar 11, 2026

Excerpt: "Storms are producing intense downpours capable of triggering localized flooding, especially in upslope areas. Heavier rainfall is expected over #Kauai and #Oahu and continuing into the weekend.

" 'This deluge of heavy rain will persist for most of the Hawaiian Islands on Saturday, exacerbating any ongoing localized flooding,' Glenny said.

"As more rain falls, life-threatening flash flooding, mudslides and other debris flows are possible."

#HawaiiWx #DamFailure #Flooding #FlashFlooding #ExtremeWeather #Molokai #Oahu

How the Edenville Dam Failed

Back in May 2020, the Edenville Dam in Michigan failed dramatically, releasing flood waters that destroyed a downstream dam and caused millions of dollars of damage. In this Practical Engineering video, Grady deconstructs the accident, based on an interim report from the forensic team charged with investigating the failure. Along the way, he explains common causes of dam failures, what made the Edenville failure unusual, and how engineers build modern earthen dams to avoid this older design’s flaws. (Image and video credit: Practical Engineering)

The Best of FYFD 2024

Welcome to another year and another look back at FYFD’s most popular posts. (You can find previous editions, too, for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014. Whew, that’s a lot!) Here are some of 2024’s most popular topics:

• The Taum Sauk Dam Failure and Its Legacy
• Stretching Ant Rafts
• Gigapixel Supernova
• Feynman’s Sprinkler Solved
• Calming the Waves
• “Dew Point” Deposits Droplets
• Drying Unaffected by Humidity
• Trapped in a Taylor Column
• Exciting a Flame in a Trough
• Remembering Rivers Past
• A Comet’s Tail
• Light Pillars
• Liquid Metal Printing
• The Miscible Faraday Instability
• A Triangular Prominence

This year’s topics are a good mix: fundamental research, civil engineering applications, geophysics, astrophysics, art, and one good old-fashioned brain teaser. Interested in what 2025 will hold? There are lots of ways to follow along so that you don’t miss a post.

And if you enjoy FYFD, please remember that it’s a reader-supported website. I don’t run ads, and it’s been years since my last sponsored post. You can help support the site by becoming a patron, buying some merch, or simply by sharing on social media. And if you find yourself struggling to remember to check the website, remember you can get FYFD in your inbox every two weeks with our newsletter. Happy New Year!

(Image credits: dam – Practical Engineering, ants – C. Chen et al., supernova – NOIRLab, sprinkler – K. Wang et al., wave tank – L-P. Euvé et al., “Dew Point” – L. Clark, paint – M. Huisman et al., iceberg – D. Fox, flame trough – S. Mould, sign – B. Willen, comet – S. Li, light pillars – N. Liao, chair – MIT News, Faraday instability – G. Louis et al., prominence – A. Vanoni)

#admin #ants #astrophysics #civilEngineering #comet #damFailure #drying #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #fluidsAsArt #FYFD #instability #physics #plasma #rivers #rotatingFlow #science #selfExcitedOscillation #TaylorColumn #waveInterference