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Tropical Storm Moke develops, as Hawaii's Big Island braces for more rain days after Hurricane Lala The Big Island could see rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches.

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Tropical Storm Moke develops, as Hawaii's Big Island braces for more rain days after Hurricane Lala The Big Island could see rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches.

Why it matters

A new storm is forecast to bring flooding rain and potential mudslides to Hawaii's Big …

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: The Big Island could see rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches.

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Claim 1: “The Big Island could see rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches.”
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Three independent web sources (Fox Weather/Bryan Norcross, and two other news reports) explicitly state that the National Hurricane Center forecast 5 to 10 inches of rainfall for the Big Island.
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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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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hawaiʻi, sometimes written Hawaii, is the largest island in the United States, located in the state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiʻi_(island)
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Claim 2: “Tropical Storm Moke develops”
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The development of Tropical Storm Moke is confirmed by multiple independent sources, including Flipboard, AOL, and a Wikipedia entry for the 2026 Pacific hurricane season.
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web search NEUTRAL — Tropical Storm Moke. [edit source].Names are used one after the other without regard to year, and when the bottom of one list is reached, the next named storm receives the name at the top of the next …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_hurricane_season
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web search NEUTRAL — Tropical Storm Moke has formed in the vast Pacific Ocean, a system that could again threaten Hawaii with over a foot of rain just days after the state's unwelcome visit from Hurricane Lala.
https://www.aol.com/articles/tropical-storm-moke-forms-over-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Meanwhile, the Central Pacific remains active. Tropical Storm Moke is located several hundred miles south-southeast of Hilo, Hawai'i, while Tropical Storm Lala is now much farther northwest, north of …
https://www.wflx.com/2026/08/23/tropics-atlantic-activity-in…
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Claim 3: “Hurricane Lala [occurred] days [before Tropical Storm Moke]”
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Multiple sources confirm that Hurricane Lala occurred just days before Tropical Storm Moke. This is corroborated by Flipboard, AOL, and a specific Wikipedia entry for Hurricane Lala describing it as a prior event affecting the Big Island.
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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 — In 2026, tropical cyclones have been forming in seven major bodies of water, commonly known as tropical cyclone basins. Tropical cyclones will be named by various weather agencies when they attain max…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclones_in_2026
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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 P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_hurricane_season
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