KAHULUI — Floodwaters returned to Maui on Friday and Saturday, capping nearly a week of ominous rain that first pummeled Haiku and later struck Kahului, inundating roadways, shuttering parks and damaging property.

Deanna Lei Frendo, a Kahului resident whose family home off Aleo Place is in a flood area, said the flooding was bad years ago during a hurricane — but the rainstorm Friday and Saturday surpassed that.

“This was way worse,” she said Sunday afternoon. “A lot of cars got flooded in. That house got flooded.”

A watermark on a cinderblock wall in the neighborhood shows floodwater reached several feet high before the county deployed a pump to extract water Saturday. By Sunday, the cul-de-sac was dry.

“Our family knows what to do once the rain starts,” Frendo said. “We start moving all the cars to the top of the road.”

A record rainfall of 4.14 inches was set Saturday in Kahului, according to the National Weather Service. It far exceeded the previous record of 0.85 inches set on the same day in 1965.

The return of rainfall toward the end of the week further plagued areas already hit by saturation at the start of last week.

Kanaha and Baldwin beach parks on the north shore remained closed Sunday, according to a County of Maui news release issued Sunday morning. Baldwin was flooded, and downed trees and wet grounds kept Kanaha shuttered.

Meanwhile, heavy flooding washed out a section of Piilani Highway in the vicinity of Kaupo, closing the road in both directions at mile marker 29.4, the release said.

The state Department of Transportation closed a makai lane on Hana Highway near Twin Falls to investigate a report of culvert damage. A little farther west, a small rockfall off Hana Highway in Maliko Gulch was reported.

The county also said Sunday that the upper portion of Awalau Road in Haiku remains closed.

A county news release Saturday afternoon said Hana Highway on the south flank of Haleakala is closed from Milepost 29 in the Kahikinui area to Milepost 31 at Nuu Landing. Motorists are asked to observe signs, cones and barricades and not pass through this closed area. There is no estimate for when this section of the highway will be reopened.

The Maui Police Department reported widespread weather impacts across the county on Saturday, including a landslide and downed tree blocking some roads in Haiku, heavy flooding at several Kahului intersections, water flowing over multiple sections of Kamehameha V Highway on Molokai’s east end, roads and beaches closed in South Maui due to flooding and debris, a broken water main on Lanai and traffic signal outages on Maui.

Senior National Weather Service hydrologist Kevin Kodama said in a report Saturday afternoon that the same complex low pressure system plaguing the state with severe flooding through the week pushed a cold front across the island chain later in the week.

The front reached Kauai early Friday and moved eastward over the north end of Hawaii island midday Saturday, packing another round of significant flooding.

Kauai was the most severely hit, while heavy rainfall closed Highway 11 at Kawa Flats on Hawaii island for several hours. Oahu was spared from major flooding the second time around.

“Unfortunately, the rainfall activity intensified again over Maui, causing significant flooding over the west- and southeast-facing slopes of Haleakala,” Kodama said in the statement.

Piilani and Hana highways were impacted in several areas from Hana to Kamole, he said. Flooding also occurred in Kahului.

The cold front’s passage marked the end of a week filled with flooding impacts, Kodama said. Early on, severe flooding focused on Oahu and Maui.

On Monday afternoon the fast, incessant rainfall in Kaupakalua area sparked evacuations, closed roadways, washed out bridges and damaged or destroyed about six homes.

On Tuesday afternoon, the flooding began to impact Kauai and by Wednesday evening, thunderstorms reached Oahu’s south shore, resulting in flooding and power outages. On Thursday, several days of wet weather sparked a major landslide that struck a portion of Kuhio Highway leading into Hanalei on Kauai, cutting off communities west of the Hanalei Bridge.

A six-day period ending at noon Saturday shows notable rainfall over the period, including 37.25 inches at Mount Waialeale on Kauai, 26.50 inches at Poamoho Rain Gage No. 1 on Oahu and 21.38 inches at West Wailuaiki on Maui.

A flash flood watch remained in effect for all islands until 6 p.m. this evening, the service said. The threat of widespread heavy rain is diminishing, but heavy rain is still likely through today.

Also, a high surf advisory for the north-, east- and west-facing shores of Maui and Molokai, along with other islands, was in effect until 6 p.m. tonight. Forecasters predict surf of 12 to 18 feet along the north, 9 to 14 feet along the east and 9 to 12 feet along the west sides of the islands.

* Kehaulani Cerizo can be reached at kcerizo@mauinews.com.