Hurricane Lala Brings Heavy Rainbands to Hawaii's Big Island With 75 MPH Winds
At 1:00 p.m. Hawaii time on August 15, 2026, the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center issued a tropical cyclone update: Hurricane Lala was located at 18.3 degrees north, 155.5 degrees west, about 50 miles south-southeast of South Point, Hawaii, and about 260 miles southeast of Honolulu.
The update reported maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, movement toward the northwest at 8 mph, and a minimum central pressure of 988 millibars. Heavy rainbands were spreading across the Big Island, producing heavy rain and tropical-storm-force winds.
Observations included sustained winds of 42 mph with a gust to 63 mph at South Point, and a gust to 48 mph at Kealakomo, south of Volcano.
Source: National Hurricane Center
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Photo: 图：2026年8月17日，飓风Lala掠过夏威夷群岛的卫星云图，大岛在风暴云系覆盖之下。（CIRA／NOAA） / Photo: Satellite image of Hurricane Lala passing the Hawaiian Islands on August 17, 2026, with the Big Island under the storm's cloud shield. (CIRA/NOAA)
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