Jason Momoa forced to evacuate as devastating storm hits Hawaii

Key Points

• Jason Momoa has been forced to evacuate the North Shore of Oahu as storms proceed to ravage Hawaii.

• “I got my family with me. We got out of the North Shore,” he mentioned in a now-expired Instagram story on Saturday. “We’re safe for now, but there’s a lot of people who weren’t, so we’re sending all our love.”

• Hawaii is presently battling probably the most devastating climate occasion of the final twenty years, with damages already in estimated extra of $1 billion.

Jason Momoa and his household have evacuated his lifelong house from Oahu, as one other extreme storm barrels down on Hawaii.

“I got my family with me. We got out of the North Shore… our power went off… We’re safe for now, but there’s a lot of people who weren’t, so we’re sending all our love,” Momoa shared in a now-expired Instagram story, per PEOPLE. “The North Shore is pretty gnarly right now. So hopefully everyone’s safe and getting out… Stay safe out there.”

The mid-Pacific archipelago has been battered by an unceasingly brutal climate system for 2 weeks, inflicting among the worst damage and flooding in a long time. As a second intense storm descended on Oahu’s North Shore, the Aquaman star, who was born, raised, and has lived most of his life on the island, was forced to evacuate, he shared on Saturday.

Momoa additionally shared a number of different posts informing his practically 17 million Instagram followers of the injury — and methods they can assist impacted locals.

The actor additionally posted to video Saturday that confirmed him and his girlfriend, Adria Arjona, serving to ship meals ready by the Hawaiian diner chain Zippy’s to those that have misplaced their properties and have in any other case evacuated.

“Aloha everyone, These past weeks have been heavy,” he wrote within the caption. “The storms, the flooding, the constant rain across O’ahu have affected so many of our people especially those already facing hardship. Seeing families displaced, communities struggling, and our unhoused neighbors hit the hardest.”

In different pictures and video shared to his tales and grid alike, Momoa offered views of roads destroyed by storm surges, of driftwood and wreckage unfold throughout an Oahu seaside, and of efforts to put collectively fundraisers.

Momoa was born in Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii and the state’s most populous metropolis. Mayor Rick Blangiardi and different Honolulu officers issued evacuation orders for roughly 5,500 individuals late final week. They drew consideration specifically to a 120-year-old dam in Honolulu that’s below menace of failing, per AP.

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In addition to the 1000’s evacuated, over 230 individuals have been rescued as Oahu faces what may exceed $1 billion in injury from the storms.

Momoa additionally advocated for the state and its embattled denizens again in 2023, when rampant wildfires laid waste to the island of Maui.

“We are devastated and heartbroken for our friends and ‘ohana on Maui who [have] been impacted by the recent wildfires,” he wrote on Instagram on the time, urging his followers to donate to the aid effort.

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