Hurricane Lala: Hawaii battles with flash floods and strong winds | Flipboard

Flipboard · Aug 15, 2026 · 323 words · By Bbc Co Uk; Brandon Drenon; Ben Rich

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What to know about Hurricane Lala: Hawaii battles with flash floods and strong winds

The article reports on the impact of category one Hurricane Lala on Hawaii's Big Island, noting flash floods, mudslides, and property damage. It mentions one fatality resulting from a car accident and includes links to other regional and global news stories.

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What happened

Hurricane Lala: Hawaii battles with flash floods and strong winds Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island, leaving one person dead in a car accident.

Why it matters

More than 100 properties were uprooted from their foundations on Big Island, but Governor Josh Green said there "amazingly" …

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Hurricane Lowell slams Hawaii, triggering historic tornado watch and widespread flooding.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hurricane Lowell slams Hawaii, triggering historic tornado watch and widespread flooding”

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While web search results mention Hurricane Lowell's path and intensity, none of the provided evidence specifically mentions a 'historic tornado watch' or 'widespread flooding' specifically attributed to Lowell in the provided text snippets.

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web search NEUTRAL — An Atlantic hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone that forms in the Atlantic Ocean primarily between June and November. These storms are continuously rotating around a low pressure center, which cau…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_hurricane

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web search NEUTRAL — 2 hours ago · Building Your Hurricane Knowledge Kit ‹ National Hurricane Center Track Forecast Cone (2026) Building Your Hurricane "Knowledge" Kit: Storm Surge Warning Building Your Hurricane "Knowled…
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

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web search NEUTRAL — Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by different names, including hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, or simply cyclone.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone

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Claim 2: “Lowell never officially made landfall”

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Web search results explicitly state that Hurricane Lowell 'did not make landfall' despite hitting the Big Island hard.

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web search NEUTRAL — At 160 mph, Hurricane Lowell is now a Category 5 storm that is affecting travellers heading to Hawaii. The National Hurricane Center reported Lowell’s peak on Wednesday. Lowell was a Category 5 at the…
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/785wizznr2ad…

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web search NEUTRAL — While it did not make landfall, it hit Hawaii — and especially the Big Island — hard, leaving behind landslides, washing away about 100 homes and causing widespread power outages.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hurricane-lowell-expect…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lowell was south of the island chain and moving to the west on Friday, and is expected to take a right-hand turn toward Hawaii over the weekend, according to the National Hurricane Center. I…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/weather/hurricane-lowell-…

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Claim 3: “leaving one person dead in a car accident”

CORROBORATED

Multiple independent sources (Flipboard, FOX 7 Austin, and Metro News) report at least one death resulting from the storm's impact in Hawaii.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific hurricane season is the current Pacific hurricane season for the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on May 15, 2026, and will end on November 30, 2026. For the Central P…
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 4: “Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island”

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The claim is reported by both Flipboard and BBC News, and is further supported by a Wikipedia entry for Hurricane Lala which describes it as the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since 1871.

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Claim 5: “More than 100 properties were uprooted from their foundations on Big Island”

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The claim that more than 100 properties were uprooted or swept away is reported by Flipboard and corroborated by web search results citing Governor Josh Green and other reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hawaii ( hə-WY-ee; Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii

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