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Hurricane Lala has skirted Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall and is expected to weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and drenching rain

Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall as heavy wind, rain lash region  AP News

Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii’s Big Island  CNN

Hurricane Lala slammed Hawaii's Big Island, where it was bringing heavy rain and the possibility of life-threatening flooding and mudslides.

Hurricane Lala is lashing Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain - leaving more than 89,000 households without power across the state.

Hurricane Lala approached Hawaii's Big Island as a Category 1 storm. Powerful winds and heavy rain brought dangerous surf and potential flooding. Over 40,000 utility customers across Hawaii lost electricity. Residents prepared for destructive winds, falling trees, and extended power outages. The storm's path raised

Lala, formerly a tropical storm, strengthened into a hurricane on Saturday morning as it approached the Big Island of Hawaii, U.S. weather officials said. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Lala's maximum sustained winds reached 75 mph (120 km/h), making it a Category 1 hurricane.

Hurricane Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane near Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday, bringing dangerous winds, heavy rain, flooding and mudslide threats.

Lala has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane as it continues to track through the central Pacific Ocean, approaching the Big Island of Hawaii on Saturday.

Hawaii’s Big Island was threatened Saturday with its first possible direct hit from a hurricane in 155 years as Hurricane Lala roared in the Pacific Ocean and gusty wind, waves and rain pounded the region.

Residents on Hawaii's Big Island brace for a first possible direct hit from a hurricane in 155 years.

Lala Strengthens Into A Hurricane And Bears Down On Hawaii’s Big Island With Heavy Rain, Winds  HuffPost

Lala storm grows into hurricane as it nears Hawaii's Big Island​  Reuters

Lala has strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, packing winds of up to 120kmh.

The eye wall was forecast to move over or near the island’s southern end by the evening, lashing its worst winds at volcanic slopes thousands of feet above sea level.

Hurricane Lala on Saturday lashed Hawaii's Big Island with heavy rain and strong winds, as forecasters warned of potentially dangerous flooding across the US Pacific island state.Lala, now a hurricane, dumps heavy rain on HawaiiLala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane at around 9:00 am local time , packing winds o

The Big Island has not experienced a direct hurricane landfall in 155 years

The storm could become Hawaii's first hurricane to directly strike the island in 155 years.

Authorities warn residents to take precautions as storm is expected to bring rain and strong winds to the island chain.

Hurricane Lala took aim at Hawaii's Big Island on Saturday on a forecast track for possible landfall, which would be the island's first direct hit from a hurricane in 155 years.

Forecasters said higher elevations could get as much as 25 inches of rain. That could cause life-threatening mudslides in a mountainous area where people live off the grid in improvised housing, and authorities urged them to find safe shelters quickly.

Hurricane Landfall Or Impact? What Matters As Lala Approaches Hawaii  Forbes

Tropical Storm Lala was already whipping and soaking Hawaii's Big Island and was expected to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches land.

A hurricane is forecast to hit the Big Island of Hawaii this weekend, bringing heavy rain and wind. Should it make landfall, Lala would be the first hurricane to hit the island since 1871.

A hurricane warning was issued for Big Island, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Maui County. Residents across Hawaii are bracing for strong winds and intense rain.

A hurricane warning was issued for Big Island, and a tropical storm warning was in effect for Maui County. Residents across Hawaii are bracing for strong winds and intense rain.

Tropical Storm Lala is expected to strengthen to a hurricane before reaching Hawaii's Big Island this weekend, US forecasters say.

MetService said the drop in temperatures will be 'noticeable'.

A hurricane warning has been issued for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Lala approaches. NBC News’ Morgan Chesky reports as the storm is expected to become a hurricane as it nears the island on Saturday.

A hurricane warning has been issued in addition to urgent calls from officials for residents to complete storm preparations.

It's set to be a 'thundery' end to the country's fifth heatwave, which has brought 38C temperatures, more wildfires, deepening drought fears, and concerns for nurses collapsing on baking hot wards

LUCENA CITY — Fourteen local governments in Cavite province suspended classes in public and private schools on Friday (Aug. 14), due to inclement weather brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon.  Among them are Bacoor City, Cavite City, Trece Martires City, Imus City, Dasmariñas City, and the municipalities of Kawit,

Lala could be a hurricane when it hits Hawaii: Forecasters  USA Today

This storm, a rarity for this part of the Pacific, is expected to bring heavy rains, strong wind and possibly “life-threatening flooding” to Hawaii this weekend

In the Atlantic, one tropical storm is gone. Another could form soon  Miami Herald

The IMD has issued a 'red warning' (take action) of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across Odisha.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'red warning' (take action) of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall across Odisha.

Tropical Storm Cristobal forms in the Atlantic and a Pacific system could threaten Hawaii  Toronto Star