In response to a devastating series of storms impacting the Hawaiian islands, Direct Relief is dispatching shipments of critical medical aid to equip local health providers. Direct Relief emergency response staff are currently on the ground in Oʻahu and coordinating delivery of requested medicines, including antibiotics, water purification supplies, and chronic disease management medicines. These shipments, building on others that departed last week , will be departing throughout the week from the organization’s California headquarters. Hawai’i is experiencing some of the worst flooding in more than two decades, due to a series of “kona low” storms, with some areas of the state receiving more than 46 inches of rain. Gov. Josh Green estimated that statewide damages could exceed $1 billion, affecting homes, roads, schools, and hospitals. Officials have been closely monitoring the 120-year-old dam on Oʻahu, which reached critical levels and posed an “imminent risk” of failure earlier in the week.…