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

Flipboard · 🇺🇸 public United States · Aug 15, 2026 · 331 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

Hurricane Lala, a category one storm, caused flash floods and mudslides on Hawaii's Big Island, resulting in one death and the destruction of over 100 properties. The text also includes unrelated news snippets regarding Apple, NASA, the U.S. Open, and local Hawaii notices.

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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: American Ben Shelton outduels defending champ Alcaraz in latest-ever U.S. Open finish.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “American Ben Shelton outduels defending champ Alcaraz in latest-ever U.S. Open finish”

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Web search results confirm Ben Shelton defeated Carlos Alcaraz in a record-breaking late-night match at the U.S. Open.

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web search NEUTRAL — Benjamin Kirby “Ben” Tennyson, commonly known as Ben 10, is a superhero and the titular protagonist of the Ben 10 franchise.
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Claim 2: “The overnight epic finished at 3:33 a.m., smashing the previous record in Flushing Meadows”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state the match finished at 3:33 a.m., setting a new record for the latest finish at the U.S. Open.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Shelton upset Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night, five-set thriller at the 2026 US Open to advance to the semifinals for the second time at his home Grand Slam.
https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2026-09-09/shelto…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Shelton dug deep until the early hours of Wednesday morning to notch a statement victory at the US Open, where he upset defending champion Carlos Alcaraz 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(10-7) in a scin…
https://www.atptour.com/en/news/alcaraz-shelton-us-open-2026…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Shelton beats Carlos Alcaraz in U.S. Open's latest-finishing match ever. 12 hours ago. Save for later.Late nights at the US Open add a new wild wrinkle with 3:33 a.m. finish to Shelton-Alcaraz thr…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…

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Claim 3: “Hawaiʻi County is seeking an entity with at least five years of relevant experience to manage and operate the Kealakehe-area shelter”

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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: “leaving one person dead in a car accident”

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The detail about one person dying in a car accident is only mentioned in the Flipboard cross-references; the Wikipedia entries for Hurricane Lala and the 2026 season do not specify this casualty.

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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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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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Claim 5: “GARRY STARR: CLASSIC PENGUINS Opens Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview”

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Claim 6: “The iPhone Duo will be available for pre-order Oct. 16 and in stores Oct. 23”

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Three independent web sources (MacRumors, 9to5Mac, and another news source) confirm the pre-order date of October 16 and the release date of October 23.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are smartphones developed and marketed by Apple. They are the eighteenth-generation iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The devices were announced al…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — MagSafe is a proprietary, magnetically attached wireless power transfer and accessory-attachment standard developed by Apple Inc. for its iPhone and AirPods product lines. It was announced on October …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagSafe_(wireless_charger)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The PowerBook Duo is a line of subnotebook computers introduced by Apple Computer in 1992 and sold until 1997. Designed as a smaller companion to the PowerBook 100 series and the later 500 series, the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo

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Claim 7: “NASA's newly launched Roman Space Telescope will 'directly' image exoplanets”

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Multiple sources, including NASA Science and Astrobiology, confirm that the Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets.

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web search NEUTRAL — Named after NASA’s first chief astronomer, the ‘mother of the Hubble Space Telescope,’ the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will have a field of view at least 100 times larger than Hubble's, potentia…
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web search NEUTRAL — Credit: NASA/SVS. The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex optomechanical systems developed by the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-roman-telescope-aims-image-exo…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Roman Space Telescope is designed to directly image exoplanets using complex opto-mechanical systems .
https://astrobiology.com/2026/08/27/roman-space-telescope-en…

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Claim 8: “A brand new observatory began its tenure on Aug. 30 — it's called the Nancy”

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While sources confirm the telescope exists and was launched in 2026, the provided evidence does not specifically confirm a 'tenure' start date of August 30. One source mentions 'Integrated Operations for Launch' on August 10, 2026, but not the specific start date of August 30.

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web search NEUTRAL — NASA infrared space telescope launched in 2026. Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.The telescope is based on an existing 2.4-meter (7.9-foot) primary mirror with a wide field of view that was donated b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Grace_Roman_Space_Telesc…

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web search NEUTRAL — NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is now on a three-month transfer to the Sun-Earth L2 region, but the more consequential milestone is not the launch itself.
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web search NEUTRAL — Both the Nancy Roman and James Webb space telescopes will operate at the same time.NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Begins Integrated Operations for Launch. Posted 10 August 2026.
https://www.scientificeuropean.co.uk/sciences/space/signific…

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Claim 9: “Shelton will now face fellow American Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals”

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There is contradictory evidence. One source states Shelton is through to the semifinals after beating Alcaraz (implying he will face Tiafoe), but another AP News source states Shelton reached his first major semifinal by beating Frances Tiafoe, suggesting they played each other earlier or in a different context.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Shelton is through to the semifinals of the US Open, winning a five-set epic over Carlos Alcaraz, in a match that finished after 3am local time. Eleventh seed Frances Tiafoe has come back from a s…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-09/alex-michelsen-france…

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web search NEUTRAL — Ben Shelton has reached his first major semifinal by beating Frances Tiafoe in four sets at the U.S. Open.
https://apnews.com/article/us-open-live-updates-men-a3c94d8d…

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web search NEUTRAL — Frances Tiafoe, of the United States, wipes sweat from his face during a match against Ben Shelton, of the United States, during the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Tuesday, Sept.…
https://www.ajc.com/sports/atlanta-native-ben-shelton-reache…

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Claim 10: “Apple announces first-ever foldable iPhone, starting at $1,999”

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Multiple independent web sources (LinkedIn, Google News, Techmeme) confirm the announcement of the foldable 'iPhone Duo' with a starting price of $1,999.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An apple is the round, edible fruit of an apple tree (Malus spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (Malus domestica), the most widely grown in the genus, are cultivated worldwide. The tre…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An apple is an edible fruit. Apple, Apples or APPLE may also refer to: Apple Inc., an American multinational technology company Apple (name), a list of people and fictional characters named Apple Ap…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 …
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Claim 11: “More than 100 properties were uprooted from their foundations on Big Island”

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The specific figure of 'more than 100 properties uprooted' is only found in the Flipboard cross-references and is not mentioned in the Wikipedia entries for the hurricane.

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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…
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Claim 12: “Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park sits on one of the most active volcanic landscapes in the world”

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Claim 13: “Hawaii has been hit by flash floods and mudslides that have swept away homes after category one Hurricane Lala skirted Big Island”

CORROBORATED

The claim is reported by BBC News and Flipboard, 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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