Hawaii braces for first direct hurricane hit in 34 years as Category 1 Lala approaches

Potential for mass evacuations, rescues, and casualties from flooding, mudslides, and damaging winds; 37,000 already without power as of Saturday afternoon.

For the first time in a generation, the Hawaiian Islands find themselves in the direct path of a hurricane — a reminder that no place exists permanently beyond nature's reach. Category 1 Hurricane Lala, carrying 80-mile-per-hour winds and the potential for two feet of rainfall, approached Big Island on Saturday, threatening to end a 34-year reprieve from direct landfall. The last comparable strike, Hurricane Iniki in 1992, left six dead and three billion dollars in damage across Kauai — and though Lala arrives weaker, the mountains and rivers of Big Island transform even modest rainfall into s

Hawaii braces for first direct hurricane hit in 34 years as Category 1 Lala approaches

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