WATCH: Hawai‘i National Guard deploys about 200 members to support counties during kona low 2

About 200 soldiers and airmen with Hawai‘i National Guard are deployed throughout the islands for kona low 2, supporting Hawai‘i’s counties during the sequel to the storm that slammed into the state a week ago.

“Hawaiʻi National Guard has personnel in every county emergency operations center and 21 high water vehicle teams postured on multiple islands to assist,” said Hawaiʻi Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Stephen Logan on Saturday, March 21, in a state release.

Hawaiʻi Army National Guard members on Friday, March 20, 2026, assisted evacuees from Oʻahu’s North Shore area during the second kona low in less than 2 weeks to slam into the islands. The Guard used light medium tactical vehicles to transport stranded residents from an American Red Cross gathering point at Waialua High School to a shelter location at Leileihua High School. (Video Credit: Retired Master Sgt. Andrew Jackson/U.S. Air National Guard)

About 50 civilians were assisted by high water vehicle teams Friday, March 20, on Oʻahu; 13 high water vehicle teams also were in the Waialua area Friday actively assisting rescue and evacuation missions on the hard-hit and inundated North Shore, which suffered dangerous and catastrophic flash flooding.

Three Blackhawk Helicopters were deployed Friday to Our Lady of Keaʻau in the Waiʻanae area, where they rescued 47 adults, children and two dogs.

Hawai‘i National Guard supported overnight monitoring at Wahiawā Dam, which is facing high and fluctuating water levels, seemingly at the brink of failing Friday as the kona low dumped even more heavy rainfall on the already super saturated region because of the first storm.

Furthermore, Guard members supported search-and-rescue efforts Saturday in the North Shore and Waialua areas.

The Guard also assisted with medical transport from a Kula medical center on Maui after it sustained water damage.

Hawaiʻi National Guard will continue to work with the counties and Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency on any future requests for assistance.

“The collaboration between the governor and all four county mayors allowed the state of Hawaiʻi Department of Defense to improve our ability to respond to this unprecedented kona low storm,” Logan said.