Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Nenzira inosetsa, apo HCR yakanga ichipedzisira kubuda mumatambudziko ayo ezvemari akareba, yakarohwa chaizvo nedambudziko raisina kuzombopora kubva kwariri. Mangwanani aApril 1, 1946, tsunami huru yakakonzerwa nokudengenyeka kwenyika muAleutian Islands
rakarova Hilo nemhenderekedzo yeHāmākua, richiparadza guta racho nokukurumidza ndokuparadza mabhiriji anoverengeka enjanji. Vagovani muHCR vakanga vatovhotera kare muna March 1946 kuti varege kupfuurira kushanda kwezvitima. Minda yembanje yakaudza HCR kuti yaida kutanga kutumira shuga isina kuchena kuHilo Harbor nerori; nekuti mutengo wekugadzirisa kuparadzwa kwacho waive wakakura kwazvo, unofungidzirwa pa, HCR yakanyorera kuregererwa nekukurumidza mushure me tsunami, ichiwana mvumo kubva kuInterstate Commerce Commission kuti iite saizvozvo kubva muna Zvita 31, 1946. Zvikamu zvomugwagwa wokutanga weHilo Railway kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kubva kuHilo kuenda kuŌlaa zvakatorwa neminda yomunharaunda yomusidhari, asi izvo zvakakurumidza kusiyiwa nemarori pashure paDecember 1948.