Hurricane Lala threatens Hawaii with catastrophic rain, flooding as state declares emergency

Potential life-threatening flooding and mudslides affecting approximately 200,000 residents on the Big Island; 40,000+ without power across Hawaii.

For the first time in 155 years, a hurricane is bearing down directly on Hawaii's Big Island, carrying winds, walls of rain, and the weight of a long-dormant threat suddenly reawakened. Hurricane Lala, a Category 1 storm, brings not only the immediate dangers of flooding and mudslides to some 200,000 residents, but also the quieter peril of wildfire in the dry air surrounding its edges. In a state where the last major hurricane landfall lives only in history books for most residents, Lala is forcing a reckoning with how quickly the familiar can become the catastrophic.

Hurricane Lala threatens Hawaii with catastrophic rain, flooding as state declares emergency

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