Hawaii’s Big Island is taking a beating right now as a historic southern disturbance pummels the island with massive, crushing waves.
A viral video from Saturday captured huge waves easily clearing a two-story apartment building as onlookers filmed from the parking lot across the street.
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According to Hawaii News Now, resident Isabella Sloan filmed the clip at a waterfront apartment complex in Keauhou.
“My apartment got hit the first time and it flooded everything,” she told the outlet. “The apartments down the road from mine were completely destroyed and damaged very badly. Fortunately, everyone is safe.”
Although the huge swell was captured on Saturday, conditions still remain dangerous. Forecasters said surf peaked between 18 and 24 feet Sunday but could still reach 15 to 20 feet Monday.
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A very large southerly swell will bring dangerous breaking waves and localized flooding to some low-lying areas of the southern coasts of all islands through Monday. Strong trades will remain on the drier side of normal as they gradually weaken through the week. pic.twitter.com/Xvz2Fcw4Zh
— NWSHonolulu (@NWSHonolulu) July 17, 2022
“A very large southerly swell will bring dangerous breaking waves and localized flooding to some low-lying areas of the southern coasts of all islands through Monday,” the National Weather Service office in Honolulu tweeted on Sunday. “Strong trades will remain on the drier side of normal as they gradually weaken through the week.”
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Meteorologist Malika Dudley shared a video on Twitter showing waves breaking through a retaining wall and literally wrecking a wedding in Kona.
Local guests at this wedding told me they didn’t expect it to be this bad and the backwash on Ali’i Drive was crazy. Other local guests also wanted people to know that the wedding was still beautiful. No one was injured.
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— KITV4 Meteorologist Malika Dudley (@MalikaDudley) July 17, 2022
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“Other local guests also wanted people to know that the wedding was still beautiful. No one was hurt,” Dudley said.
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