Ku dhammee weedhan soo socota: Waxaa wax lala yaabo ah in sida ugu dhaqsaha badan ee UNHCR ay uga soo baxday dhibaatooyinkeeda dhaqaale ee mudada dheer soo jiitamaysay, ay si dhab ah u heshay dhaawac aanay marnaba ka soo kaban. Subaxnimadii 1-dii Abriil, 1946, sunami aad u weyn oo uu sababay
Dhulgariir ka dhacay Jasiiradaha Aleutian ayaa ku dhuftay Hilo iyo xeebta Hāmākua, taasoo burburisay magaalada isla markaana si lama filaan ah u baabi'isay tiro buundooyin tareen ah. Saamileyda HCR waxay horay u codeeyeen bishii Maarso 1946 inay joojiyaan howlaha tareenka. Beeraha sonkorta ayaa u sheegay HCR inay damacsan yihiin inay bilaabaan inay sonkorta ceyriinka ah u rartaan Hilo Harbor iyaga oo adeegsanaya gaari xamuul ah; maxaa yeelay qiimaha lagu dayactirayo burburka ayaa aad u ballaaran, oo lagu qiyaasay, HCR waxay u gudbisay ka tagista wax yar ka dib duufaantii, iyadoo ogolaansho ka heshay Guddiga Ganacsiga ee Gobollada dhexdooda si ay sidaas u sameeyaan laga bilaabo Diseembar 31, 1946. Qaybo ka mid ah khadka tareenka ee Hilo ee koonfur-bari ee Hilo ilaa Ōlaa waxaa la wareegay beeraha sonkorta ee maxalliga ah, laakiin kuwaasi si dhakhso leh ayaa looga tagay gawaarida xamuulka ka dib Diseembar 1948.