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Lala strengthens into a hurricane and bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain, winds

Headline from CW 39 Houston

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. The National Hurricane Center said Lala’s maximum sustained winds increased to 75 mph (120 kph), making it a Category 1 hu…

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  1. Newsweek

    Tropical Storm Lala Spaghetti Models Show Potential Paths Headed for Hawaii (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Forecasters have warned the system is expected to reach hurricane strength as it approaches Hawaii's Big Island.

  2. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Tropical Storm Lala forecast and track: Storm expected to become hurricane (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    ABC 11 Raleigh's feed description

    Tropical Storm Lala continues to track through the central Pacific Ocean and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island of Hawaii.

  3. KHOU Houston

    Hurricane warning issued for the Big Island of Hawaii as Tropical Storm Lala approaches (opens KHOU Houston)

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    KHOU Houston's feed description

    Lala is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island, bringing life-threatening flooding and landslides.

  4. KTSM 9 News

    Tropical Storm Lala forecast to become hurricane by Saturday: NWS (opens KTSM 9 News)

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    KTSM 9 News's feed description

    Tropical Storm Lala will likely intensify into a hurricane, threatening Hawaii Island with up to 25 inches of rain.

  5. CW 39 Houston

    Lala strengthens into a hurricane and bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island with heavy rain, winds (opens CW 39 Houston)

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    CW 39 Houston's feed description

    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. The National Hurricane Center said Lala’s maximum sustained winds increased to 75 mph (120 kph), making it a Category 1 hu…

  6. WHEC Rochester

    Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii’s Big Island without making landfall as heavy wind, rain lash region (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    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. The eye of the storm passed the island's southern tip without making landfall.

  7. WHEC Rochester

    Hawaii’s Big Island lashed by rain and wind as Tropical Storm Lala strengthens (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Tropical Storm Lala is already whipping and soaking Hawaii's Big Island and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Saturday. The National Hurricane Center has issued a rare hurricane warning for the island, and if it does make landfall, that would be a first since 1871.

  8. WHEC Rochester

    Hawaii’s Big Island lashed by rain and wind as Tropical Storm Lala closes in (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Tropical Storm Lala is already whipping and soaking Hawaii's Big Island and is expected to strengthen into a hurricane Saturday. The National Hurricane Center has issued a rare hurricane warning for the island, and if it does make landfall, that would be a first since 1871.

  9. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Lala strengthens to a hurricane, bears down on Hawaii’s Big Island (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday and is lashing parts of Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain as the storm approaches a potentially historic landfall.

  10. KVIA El Paso

    Hurricane Lala lashes Hawaii’s Big Island with strong winds and heavy rain (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    By Meteorologists Dakota Smith, Tyler Ory, CNN (CNN) — Lala strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane on Saturday and is already lashing parts of Hawaii with strong winds and heavy rain as the storm approaches a potentially historic landfall.

  11. ABC 13 Houston

    Tropical Storm Lala Strengthens to hurricane, forecasters say (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    Hurricane Lala formed Saturday on a path to make a rare landfall on Hawaii's Big Island.

  12. ABC News

    WATCH: Lala batters the Hawaiian Islands (opens ABC News)

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    ABC News's feed description

    Torrential rain, flash flooding and damaging winds slammed the Hawaiian Islands as Lala delivers a devastating blow.

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