‘We’re Screwed’: Dole Did Little To Fix Dangerous Wahiawā Dam

The Dole Food Co. has known for nearly five decades that the Wahiawā Dam could flood in heavy rainfall, putting 2,500 lives at risk.  As rain battered Oʻahu Friday morning, the dam rose rapidly above mandatory evacuation levels for the downstream towns of Haleʻiwa and Waialua, which were already flooding from the overnight rain, with … Continue reading ‘We’re Screwed’: Dole Did Little To Fix Dangerous Wahiawā Dam