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Hurricane Lala Hits Hawaii's Big Island on August 15

The National Hurricane Center's advisory 012 lists Lala as a tropical cyclone in the eastern Pacific, with media reports conflicting on its strength and path.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 13, 2026, 8:13 p.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 13, 2026, 5:02 p.m. ETUpdated Aug 21, 2026, 3:52 p.m. ET
Hurricane hit Hawaii's Big Island on August 15, 2026, according to 's advisory 012, which lists the storm as a in the basin. The advisory recorded a central pressure of mb and maximum sustained winds of knots. Media reports conflict on the storm's classification and wind speed. Outlets including ksby.com, nypost.com, and bbc.co.uk reported as a hurricane, while channelnewsasia.com, abcnews.com, and cbsnews.com reported it as a tropical storm. Sourced wind speed reports ranged from 50 mph, reported by cruisehive.com and manilatimes.net, to 91 mph, reported by metro.co.uk. Other outlets, such as canberratimes.com.au, reported sustained winds of 120 km/h. Outlets also reported differing positions and movements for . Reported locations ranged from 620 miles east-southeast of Hilo according to cruisehive.com to about 30 miles southwest of South Point according to bigislandnow.com. Reported movements ranged from according to fox10phoenix.com and ktvu.com to toward southwest Kauai County at about 20 mph according to cnbc.com.

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 15, 2026, 9:57 p.m. ET

    Hurricane Lala Strengthens to Category 1

    Hurricane Lala has strengthened into a Category 1 storm in the eastern Pacific, according to Newser.com. The outlet reported maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. Hurricane categories serve as a measurement of wind speed rather than a complete assessment of a storm's total potential danger. According to official advisory 012 issued by the National Hurricane Center on August 15, 2026, at 21:00 UTC, the tropical cyclone was positioned at 15.8N, 135.9W. The advisory records the storm moving at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 25 knots and a central pressure of 1009 mb.

  2. Aug 13, 2026, 8:13 p.m. ETFirst report

    National Hurricane Center Tracks Tropical Storm Hernan in Eastern Pacific

    Tropical Storm Hernan was located in the eastern Pacific basin on August 13, 2026, according to public advisory number 004 issued by the National Hurricane Center at 21:00 UTC.

    The advisory record places the storm's center near 17.3N, 131.9W, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (40 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 1003 millibars. The center recorded the system moving at 5 mph.

    This is a developing weather situation. Forecast track, intensity changes and any coastal watches or warnings beyond what is recorded in this advisory are not established in the material available here. Later advisories from the National Hurricane Center supersede the figures above.

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