Hawaii urges residents to ‘leave now’ amid worst flooding in over 20 years

People in hard-hit areas of Oahu and Maui told to evacuate with still more rain expected over the weekend

As Hawaii endures its worst flooding in more than 20 years, officials urged people in hard-hit areas to “LEAVE NOW”. That warning early on Saturday came after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago, and still more was expected over the weekend.

Muddy floodwaters smothered vast stretches of Oahu’s North Shore, a community renowned for its big-wave surfing. Raging waters lifted homes and cars and prompted evacuation orders for 5,500 people north of Honolulu. Authorities cautioned that a 120-year-old dam could fail.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/hawaii-flooding-warnings

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Petrol stations were facing a huge spike in demand – 100% increase in a few days, which Chris Bowen said was “understandable and expected”.

We’ve seen a massive increase in demand, accompanied by that increase in regional areas. Obviously, the regional areas are where the supply chain is the hardest to manage. It takes longer to get from Geelong and Brisbane to the various regional areas.

You’ve also got lots of rural suppliers, distributors and service stations working on very tight margins and not always able to access fuel that’s available.

It’s a matter of the refineries seeing some supply problems with their crude oil, which is then impacting on their ability to deliver to their customers, including Australia, but not exclusively Australia.

I’ve always been clear, we’re in an uncertain environment.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/22/australia-news-live-tropical-cyclone-narelle-south-australia-election-peter-malinauskas-labor-one-nation-chris-bowen-anthony-albanese-fuel-prices-ntwnfb

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US judge blocks Pentagon’s restrictions on press after New York Times lawsuit

Lawsuit alleged changes gave DoD free rein to punish reporters and outlets over coverage it did not like

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A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being branded security risks if they seek information not authorized for public release.

The lawsuit by the New York Times in the Washington DC federal court alleged that policy changes by the defense department last year gave it free rein to freeze out reporters and news outlets over coverage the department did not like, in violation of the constitution’s protections for free speech and due process.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/us-judge-blocks-pentagon-policy

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