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Title: Rescuers kept busy as more rain expected over next few days
Subtitle: The weather proves fatal for 3 on Maui and difficult for hikers
Source:
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Newspaper; Honolulu, Hawaii
Author: Staff
Date: January 28, 2002
Note: This is an excerpt from a larger article (see above).
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Meanwhile, on Oahu, three hikers spent a wet Saturday night on trails in Honolulu. Two hikers were walking out from the Kaau Crater trail in Palolo Valley yesterday morning as fire rescue crews were going in to find them.
A Honolulu man, 35, and a woman were unable to hike out Saturday because of rising water in Waiomao Stream and spent the night in the mountains, fire Capt. Kenison Tejada said. "They were a little cold, hungry and a little embarrassed," he said.
Rescue crews were assisting other hikers who were having trouble crossing the stream Saturday. They told the rescuers about the couple heading up the trail, and a rescue unit and the fire helicopter searched the area but could not find anyone Saturday night. The search resumed at 6:30 a.m. yesterday. The hikers were found about a mile from the trail head.
They said they had been hiking down near Kaau Crater on Saturday afternoon, but when they reached the second waterfall, the stream was flowing too heavily, so they hiked back up near the third waterfall, where they camped overnight.
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