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extreme-weather is the sole category represented across all 2 tracked stories. Hurricane Lala is most often covered alongside National Hurricane Center, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Across a 7-day span, the pace is roughly 2 stories per week.
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extreme-weather is the sole category represented across all 2 tracked stories. Hurricane Lala is most often covered alongside National Hurricane Center, which appears in 2 of these 2 stories. Across a 7-day span, the pace is roughly 2 stories per week. They are less corroborated than the beat average, carrying 2 original sources each against 2.3 for the same window. The 5 average consequence score is below the beat benchmark of 5.6 in the same window. Hurricane Lala appears in 2 tracked Climate stories published from August 17, 2026 through August 23, 2026.
Computed from the 2 stories linked to this entity, with beat comparisons drawn from all 58 Climate stories published in the same date window. Shares are omitted below five stories and comparisons below a twenty-story baseline.
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Other entities that clear the same relevance threshold in stories also covering Hurricane Lala. Shared-story counts are live from our verified record — not editorial picks.
Storm exits westward
Moke forecast to continue moving west across the islands through early Tuesday.
Moke reaches Big Island
Heavy rain and wind from Moke expected to hit the Big Island late Saturday.
Tropical Storm Moke forms
NHC advisory places Moke about 660 miles southeast of Hilo, moving west-northwest at 9 mph with 45 mph sustained winds.
11,630 still without power
Poweroutage.us reports 11,630 Big Island customers remain without power as Lala recovery continues.
Downgraded to tropical storm
The National Hurricane Center downgrades Lala at 2:00 a.m. HST (1200 GMT) as it pulls away from the Big Island without making landfall.
Damage assessments and cleanup begin
Governor Josh Green and emergency management officials hold a news conference; officials investigate possible storm-related deaths.
Tropical storm warnings spread across state
Warnings are issued for Maui, Molokai, Kahoolawe, Lanai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau; heavy rain and flood risk spread westward.
Lala strengthens into Category 1 hurricane
Hurricane Lala reaches sustained winds up to 75 mph (120 km/h, or 129 km/h in one report) near Hawaii.
Hurricane Lala batters Hawaii
Lala passes near Hawaii without landfall, downing trees and leaving roads covered in mud and rocks across the Big Island.
Tropical Storm Moke is the second major tropical system to threaten Hawaii in a week, forecast to drop up to 15 inches of rain on the Big Island while 11,630 customers still lack power from Hurricane Lala. The back-to-back events illustrate how compounding extreme-weather episodes strain recovery and infrastructure even when a storm never makes landfall.
Source: reporterherald.com · record-bee.com
Hawaii's Big Island began recovery on Aug. 16 after Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm without making landfall. The National Hurricane Center expected 30-35 inches of rain over windward slopes, and officials warned that post-storm cleanup with generators and chainsaws poses a hidden casualty risk. The event underscores how extreme rainfall, not just wind, now drives Hawaii's climate risk.
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