It's not.

This is not a harrowing scenes like this are playing out.

Across Hawaii on Tuesday, a river of flood water gushed, passed a home in Houla.

The state is now under an emergency proclamation after heavy rain brought floods, landslides and a fear of dam failures.

Across Hawaii on the island of Maui, homes were destroyed when a dam overflowed.

Heavy rain also damaged roads there, and one bridge was completely washed out.

Oh my God, my God, why thousands of people in the state have been ordered to evacuate haiku residents, Shaun Alexander said.

It didn't take long for water to rush into his house.

I started panicking.

My dad started panicking.

We just was watching everything kind of go by and then maybe 10, 15 to 20 minutes.

The water just rose to the top.

It burst into the room.

It took all the chicken coops down down the river and lifted up my truck and my truck went down the river as well.

Local media reported that two people were swept away in raging waters on Tuesday and only one of them is confirmed to have been rescued.

The governor is warning residents to take all precautions as the poor weather is expected to last until Friday.