A Storm Visited Honolulu ( 檀香山 ) Last F r iday a storm visited villages in Honolulu, destroying fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows and torn roofs. One person was killed, several were badly wounded and taken to hospitals, and a number of other people received smaller injuries ( 伤害 ). Altogether over two hundred people were homeless as a result of the storm. A farmer, Mr. Sabin, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted ( 持续 ) for over an hour. “ I was in the kitchen with my wife and children , ” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We managed to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him safe but very frightened. ” Mrs. Roland said that her husband had just left for work when she noticed that her house was shaking. She rushed outside immediately with her children. “ There was no time to take anything, ” she said. “ A few minutes later, the roof fell down. ”