An elderly couple lost their dream Hawaii home after it was destroyed by raging floods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tom and Carrie Bashaw, 80, were powerless to stop the devastation caused by the Kona storm, a winter cyclone that saw Maui pummelled with more than 20 inches of rain over five days last week. <\/p>\n
The storm whipped up the Iao Stream into a river, which then eroded the foundations of their Happy Valley home, as reported by Hawaii News Now.<\/a><\/p>\n Tom and Carrie Bashaw lost their dream Maui home after it was destroyed in raging floods. Laycie Khadija \/ Facebook<\/p>\n The couple was left blindsided as they didn\u2019t think their home, located 75 feet away from the stream and 45 feet above it, was going to flood.\u00a0<\/p>\n Compounding their woes, they didn\u2019t have any flood insurance as their home wasn\u2019t in a designated flood zone.<\/p>\n \u201cNever expected my whole house to disappear,\u201d Carrie told Hawaii News Now. \u201cEverything\u2019s gone.\u201d<\/p>\n The flooding devastated their home \u2014 less than six years after it was built \u2014 and the couple\u2019s living room and bedroom was swept away. <\/p>\n Tom said the floods had taken \u201cthe whole back half of the house.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The couple\u2019s home falling into the river. Laycie Khadija \/ Facebook<\/p>\n Tom and Carrie had been watching the forecast since Friday and started to plot their escape when they lost their mango and monkey pod.\u00a0<\/p>\n They sought shelter in a barn that night before surveying the damage the following morning.<\/p>\n Tom heard a cracking sound while inspecting the state of his home \u2014 just before the garage collapsed.<\/p>\n Tom and Carrie have been left sleeping on air mattresses inside a storage container. Gofundme<\/p>\n The floods gutted the inside of their home. Gofundme<\/p>\n \u201cI held my phone up and videotaped it and it just went boom, right into the water,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Tom and Carrie are currently sleeping on air mattresses inside a storage container with their two cats, Civa and Ty.<\/p>\n \u201cLosing so much so suddenly has been overwhelming and they are doing their best to get through this incredibly difficult time with support from their caring neighbors and community,\u201d\u00a0Carrie\u2019s daughter, Stephanie Ichinose, said.<\/p>\n More than $60,000 has been raised for the couple in a GoFundMe created<\/a> by Stephanie.<\/p>\n