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Hawaii waterfall’s dramatic boom captured in wild before and after footage following hurricane

Nypost · · 592 words · By Aurielle Weiss
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Hawaii waterfall’s dramatic boom captured in wild before and after footage following hurricane See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Hawaii waterfall’s dramatic boom captured in wild before and after footage following hurricane See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Hurricane Lala has swept through Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties, causing massive amounts of damage and leaving thousands without power.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “has ravaged Hawaii leaving tens of thousands without power and damaging over 100 homes along its path.”
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Multiple independent web sources report that the storm caused power outages for approximately 100,000 residents/homes and damaged over 100 homes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific hurricane season is the current Pacific hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on May 15, 2026, and will end on November 30, 2026. For the Central Pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_hurricane_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala was the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871 and the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record. The ninth …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lala
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes
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Claim 2: “All tropical storm warnings and flood watches have been cancelled for Hawaii while Brown Water Advisories — an alert of murky water — are in effect statewide”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found regarding the cancellation of warnings or the issuance of Brown Water Advisories.
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Claim 3: “The statement said folks should anticipate resuming normal government operations on Tuesday, August 18.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 4: “At least one person was killed in a storm-related car crash.”
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Both a cross-reference (Nypost) and a web search result confirm that at least one person was killed in a storm-related car crash on the Big Island.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala was a powerful and long-lived tropical cyclone that was the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record and the first hurricane to directly hit the Big I…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lala
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover Credit Card Login | Discover Card Log in to your Discover Card account securely. Check your balance, pay bills, review transactions and more using the Discover Account Center, 24 hours a day,…
https://app.discover.com/digitalfraudsetup
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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after its eyewall skirted Hawaii without making landfall. But it continued to punish the state with hurricane-force gusts and pounding rain, reach…
https://triblive.com/news/world/lala-is-again-a-tropical-sto…
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Claim 5: “Hurricane Lala has swept through Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui counties”
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Multiple independent sources, including Wikipedia and news reports, confirm Hurricane Lala affected Hawaii and specifically hit the Big Island (Hawaii County). News reports explicitly mention wind gusts sweeping across Hawaii, Honolulu, and Maui counties.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Iwa, taken from the Hawaiian language name for the frigatebird (ʻiwa, lit. "Thief"), was at the time the costliest hurricane to affect the state of Hawaii. Iwa was the twenty-third tropical …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Iwa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala was the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871 and the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record. The ninth …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lala
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes
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Claim 6: “The hurricane — which was recently downgraded to a tropical storm — started on August 12”
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While evidence confirms Hurricane Lala existed and was downgraded to a tropical storm, none of the provided evidence specifies the start date as August 12.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific hurricane season is the current Pacific hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on May 15, 2026, and will end on November 30, 2026. For the Central Pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_hurricane_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala was the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871 and the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record. The ninth …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lala
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific hurricane season is the current iteration of the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation over the Pacific Ocean north of the equator and east of the International Date Line (IDL). …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Pacific_h…
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Claim 7: “Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Hawaii, is roaring as Hurricane Lala brought torrential rain this weekend.”
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Multiple web sources report that Hurricane Lala brought torrential rain to Hilo and that Rainbow Falls was 'roaring' or flooded as a result.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Wailuku River is a 28.0-mile-long (45.1 km) water course on the Island of Hawaiʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. It is the longest river in Hawai'i and the largest in the state by mean discharge. Its co…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wailuku_River
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web search NEUTRAL — Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Hawaii, is roaring as Hurricane Lala brought torrential rain this weekend.Torrential rain from Hurricane Lala flooded Hilo's Rainbow Falls on Hawaii's Big Island; footage and ke…
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/rainbow-falls-before-and-aft…
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web search NEUTRAL — Heavy rain bands hammer Hilo as Hurricane Lala approaches. The eastern coast of the Big Island is taking a direct hit from Hurricane Lala’s primary feeder bands, with Hilo currently getting hammered b…
https://www.foxweather.com/live-news/live-updates-hurricane-…
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Claim 8: “Hawaii Gov., Josh Green, announced that all state and county government offices and public schools are closed for today.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 9: “Over 113,000 customers are still out of power according to Poweroutage.com.”
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One source mentions 'more than 100,000 customers' are without power according to PowerOutage.com, but the specific figure of '113,000' is not explicitly corroborated by other provided sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — More than 100,000 customers are still without power across the Hawaiian islands early Monday, according to PowerOutage.com, after hurricane-force wind gusts swept across Hawaii, Honolulu and Maui coun…
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/tens-of-thousands-without-po…
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the latest power outages and outages in your area with PowerOutage.com. Track, record, and aggregate power outages to stay informed and prepared.Hurricane Milton (October 2024). Max Outage Co…
https://poweroutage.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — PowerOutage.com. Map unavailable. Customers Out.Right now, 0 homes and businesses are without power in Puerto Rico. That's 0% of the 1,468,223 customers we track across the state.
https://poweroutage.us/area/state/puerto+rico
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Claim 10: “Lala is currently located “about 315 miles west-southwest of Līʻhue with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour.””
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Different sources provide different locations and wind speeds. One source says 315 miles southeast of Honolulu with 65 mph winds; another says 455 miles east-southeast of Hilo with 60 mph winds. The claim's specific '315 miles west-southwest of Lihue' is not supported by the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 60 mph with higher gusts. Steady strengthening is forecast, and Lala is expected to become a hurricane as it approaches the Big Island. Tropical-storm-fo…
https://mauinow.com/2026/08/13/tropical-storm-lala-forms-hur…
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web search NEUTRAL — As of Saturday morning, Lala was located about 100 miles southeast of South Point, the southernmost tip of the Big Island, and 315 miles southeast of Honolulu. The storm had maximum sustained winds of…
https://www.tampafp.com/rare-hurricane-warning-issued-for-ha…
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web search NEUTRAL — As of 5 a.m. ET, Lala is moving west-northwest at 10 mph with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and is approximately 455 miles east-southeast of Hilo.
https://abc7news.com/story/tropical-storm-lala-forecast-trac…
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Claim 11: “The storm is now moving west at a still sweeping 12 miles per hour.”
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No evidence was found regarding the specific movement speed of 12 miles per hour west.
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Claim 12: “Rainbow Falls [is] an 80-foot tall waterfall”
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Wikipedia directly confirms that Rainbow Falls in Hilo, Hawaii, is 80 ft (24 m) tall.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rainbow Falls, or Waiānuenue, is a waterfall located in Hilo, Hawaii. It is 80 ft (24 m) tall and almost 100 ft (30 m) in diameter. The falls are part of the Hawai'i State Parks. At Rainbow Falls, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Falls_(Hawaii)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team represented the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rainbow Warriors played their home games at Aloha Stad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Hawaii_Rainbow_Warriors_f…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hilo (, HEE-low; Hawaiian pronunciation: [ˈhilo]) is the largest settlement in and the county seat of Hawaiʻi County, Hawaii, United States, which encompasses the Island of Hawaiʻi, and is a census-de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilo,_Hawaii
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.