Ka cika wannan jumlar: Abin mamaki, sa'ad da UNHCR take samun sauƙi daga matsalar kuɗi da take fama da ita, sai ta fuskanci bala'in da ba za ta iya farfaɗowa ba. A safiyar ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 1946, wata babbar guguwar tsunami da wani
Girgizar kasa a tsibirin Aleutian ta afkawa Hilo da gabar tekun Hāmākua, ta lalata garin kuma nan take ta share wasu gadojin jirgin kasa. Masu hannun jari a HCR sun riga sun zabe a watan Maris 1946 don dakatar da ayyukan jirgin kasa. Gidajen shuke-shuke na sukari sun gaya wa HCR cewa suna da niyyar fara jigilar danyen sukari zuwa Hilo Harbor ta hanyar babbar mota; saboda farashin gyara lalacewar ya kasance mai yawa, wanda aka kiyasta a, HCR ya yi watsi da shi ba da daɗewa ba bayan tsunami, yana karɓar izini daga Hukumar Kasuwancin Interstate don yin hakan a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1946. Sassan asalin layin dogo na Hilo zuwa kudu maso gabas daga Hilo zuwa Ōlaa sun mallaki gonakin shuka na gida, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka watsar da su don manyan motoci bayan Disamba 1948.