A beach wedding ceremony in Hawaii over the weekend was interrupted by a tropical storm that sent a series of large waves crashing into the service, a video shows.
Onlookers in the video were seen admiring newlyweds Riley and Dillon Murphy during the memorable moments of their day before a large wave washed over a barricade at Hulihe Palace in Kailua-Kona. Footage from the couple’s wedding shows dozens of people running away as the surge of water overturned tables and chairs. A weekend beach wedding ceremony in Hawaii was interrupted by a tropical storm on July 16, 2022. (History) The couple said they were aware of Tropical Storm Darby, a storm expected to bring unsettled weather and rain to Hawaii on Saturday. COLORADO COUPLE MOVE TO HAWAII TO BUILD A NEW LIFE TOGETHER During an interview with local TV station KHON, the couple said the storm was bigger than they expected. “We were kind of right when we were going to start moving some stuff around and, yeah, that big wall basically just appeared,” Dillon told the station. The cake “thankfully” survived and no one was injured in the chaos, he added. ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON: FORECAST CALLS FOR 17 REMAINING STORMS IN 2022 The couple said the storm was taken metaphorically — as both life and marriages bring their own corresponding and often unexpected storms, Riley told KHON. A weekend beach wedding ceremony in Hawaii was interrupted by a tropical storm on July 16, 2022. (History) As for Saturday’s ceremony, it continued after the break and attendees enjoyed a new, slightly wetter track. “We ended up getting some good pictures with like waves coming up and the ceremony was beautiful,” Dillon told KHON. HAWAII TO FEEL THE EFFECTS OF WEAKENING TROPICAL STORM DARBY He added: “We didn’t have our dance floor but nobody seemed to mind – by the end of the night we were all like dancing in the mud and it was amazing. The show went on and it was, it was a really, really fun night.” At the end of the day, the couple spent their wedding ceremony with those they said meant the most to them. “It’s so important to be together and have all our family and loved ones there,” Riley said. “It made it very special.” HONOLULU, GA – JUNE 26: The sun sets over Waikiki Beach on the island of Oahu, Hawaii on Saturday, June 26, 2021 in Honolulu, GA. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I would say that the sense of unity from what happened, if anything, brought our families together immediately,” added her new husband.