Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall as heavy wind, rain lash region | Flipboard

Flipboard · Aug 15, 2026 · 349 words · By Associated Press; ED WHITE

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Hurricane Lala skirts Hawaii's Big Island without making landfall as heavy wind, rain lash region Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday without making landfall and is expected to gradually weaken after lashing the region with strong winds and…

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Topics 2

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The possibility the island could witness its first direct hit from …

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern California. The Salton Sea.

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Claim 1: “A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern California. The Salton Sea”

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While Wikipedia confirms the existence and location of the Salton Sea, none of the provided evidence (web search or Wikipedia) mentions a '$540 billion' mineral discovery or 'white gold' mine.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bombay Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California, United States. It is located on the Salton Sea, 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Frink and is the lowest community in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay_Beach,_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salton City is a census-designated place (CDP) in Imperial County, California. It is the largest Imperial County development on the Salton Sea coast. It is part of the El Centro, California Metropolit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_City,_California

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Salton Sea is a shallow, landlocked, highly saline endorheic lake in Riverside and Imperial counties in Southern California. It lies on the San Andreas Fault within the Salton Trough, which stretc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea

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Claim 2: “Hurricane Lala skirted Hawaii’s Big Island Saturday without making landfall”

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There is a direct contradiction between the cross-references and the Wikipedia evidence. While Flipboard reports that Hurricane Lala 'skirted' the Big Island without making landfall, the Wikipedia entry for 'Hurricane Lala' explicitly states it 'was the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871'.

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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 3: “UH soccer plays Washington State to scoreless draw”

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Multiple independent cross-references from Flipboard report that the UH soccer team played Washington State to a scoreless draw.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Brian Smith is a former American college football coach, most recently the head coach at Ohio University. He was previously the associate head coach and offensive coordinator at Ohio, Washington State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Smith_(American_football…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Craig Keola Stutzmann (born July 14, 1980) is an American football coach and former player who is the offensive coordinator for the San Jose State Spartans. He was previously the co-offensive coordina…
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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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Claim 4: “The Supreme Court rejected Missouri Republicans’ attempt to put a redrawn map in place for the midterms”

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Three independent web search results (including Al Jazeera) confirm that the US Supreme Court rejected the effort by Missouri Republicans to use a redrawn congressional map for the midterm elections.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest-ranking judicial body in the United States. Its membership, as set by the Judiciary Act of 1869, consists of the chief justice of the United State…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_justices_of_the_Suprem…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of Missouri (SCOMO) is the highest court in the state of Missouri. It was established in 1820 and is located at 207 West High Street in Jefferson City, Missouri. Missouri voters have…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Missouri

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_St…

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Claim 5: “The University of Hawaii has launched a free online course designed to help students and nonstudents alike understand artificial intelligence”

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The claim attributes the launch of a free online AI literacy course to the University of Hawaii. However, the evidence shows that Louisiana State University (LSU) and Grand Valley State University (GVSU) are the institutions offering such courses. There is no evidence provided that the University of Hawaii has launched this specific course.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vaccinium reticulatum, known as ʻōhelo ʻai in Hawaiian, is a species of Hawaiian Vaccinium.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_reticulatum

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kapu is the ancient Hawaiian code of conduct of laws and regulations. The kapu system was universal in lifestyle, gender roles, politics and religion. An offense that was kapu was often a capital offe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapu_(Hawaiian_culture)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The plate lunch (Hawaiian: pā mea ʻai) is a Hawaiian meal, roughly analogous to the Southern U.S. meat-and-three or Japanese bento box. The combination of Polynesian, North American and East Asian cui…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_lunch

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