Hurricane Lala weakens to a tropical storm, but flooding persists in Hawaii
- The devastating hurricane grazes the Big Island in Hawaii in the US, but avoids making landfall.
- Hurricane Lala has weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm after passing south of Hawaii, but meteorologists warned that hurricane-force gusts could still batter the islands with flash flooding and punishing winds.
- On Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a hurricane warning for the Big Island, which has not suffered a direct hurricane landfall in 155 years.
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- The devastating hurricane grazes the Big Island in Hawaii in the US, but avoids making landfall.
- Hurricane Lala has weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm after passing south of Hawaii, but meteorologists warned that hurricane-force gusts could still batter the islands with flash flooding and punishing winds.
- On Saturday, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a hurricane warning for the Big Island, which has not suffered a direct hurricane landfall in 155 years.
Sources: Al Jazeera