YOUTUBE (CNN) - Roof ripped off home during Hurricane Lala
Video captures the roof of a residential home being ripped off by Hurricane Lala in Hawaii on August 15th.
AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Tropical Storm Lala leaves more than 100,000 without power and over 100 homes destroyed across Hawaii
Tropical Storm Lala tore across Hawaii over the weekend, destroying more than 100 homes, knocking out power to over 100,000 customers, and trapping thousands of residents behind collapsed roads, and the cleanup is just beginning. Governor Josh Green announced Sunday that more than 100 homes were "damaged and lost" on the Big Island alone after […] The post Tropical Storm Lala leaves more than 100,000 without power and over 100 homes destroyed across Hawaii appeared first on American Almanac .
Tropical Storm Lala tore across Hawaii over the weekend, destroying more than 100 homes, knocking out power to over 100,000 customers, and trapping thousands of residents behind collapsed roads, and the cleanup is just beginning. Governor Josh Green announced Sunday that more than 100 homes were "damaged and lost" on the Big Island alone after Lala briefly strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Saturday and raked the island chain with torrential rain and hurricane-force wind gusts. At least one person was found dead, though officials have not confirmed whether the death was storm-related. A second fatality, a car accident Saturday, was ruled unrelated to the hurricane by Hawaii Fire Department temporary Chief Daniel Volpe, who told…Open
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Tropical Storm Lala Batters Hawaii, Washing Out Roads and Leaving 192,000 Without Power (Video)
NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - Tropical Storm Lala Closes In on Hawaii as Forecast Models Show Dangerous Path Toward Big Island
Reported by: Cherry Meigh TimbolNews Content Editor Published August 15, 2026 HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Lala is closing in on Hawaii, with forecasters warning that the system could strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches [...]
AI:Tropical Storm Lala is barreling toward Hawaii's Big Island with meteorological models indicating the system has the potential to intensify into a hurricane. As the storm follows a dangerous trajectory, residents face imminent threats to life and infrastructure while the window for preparation rapidly closes.Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Pacific storms Genevieve and Dolphin reach rare intensity but threaten no land
Two of the Pacific’s most powerful storms in years, Hurricane Genevieve and Super Typhoon Dolphin, have reached Category 5 and super typhoon status, yet neither system poses a direct threat to land, meteorologists report. Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane of the 2026 season in the eastern and central Pacific, reaching sustained winds […] The post Pacific storms Genevieve and Dolphin reach rare intensity but threaten no land appeared first on American Almanac .
Two of the Pacific’s most powerful storms in years, Hurricane Genevieve and Super Typhoon Dolphin, have reached Category 5 and super typhoon status, yet neither system poses a direct threat to land, meteorologists report. Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane of the 2026 season in the eastern and central Pacific, reaching sustained winds of 160 miles per hour before weakening, while Super Typhoon Dolphin intensified near Wake Island and is forecast to become even stronger. Both storms, though remarkable in their strength, are expected to remain far from populated areas, sparing coastal communities from the worst impacts but still generating dangerous ocean conditions. The rapid intensification of these storms marks…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Two monster storms churn across the Pacific as El Niño supercharges the 2026 season
Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane in waters near North and Central America since 2024, and Super Typhoon Dolphin is threatening to match it, twin Pacific powerhouses fueled by El Niño's warm waters. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 160 mph overnight Sunday into Monday, July 27, making it the strongest hurricane in the […] The post Two monster storms churn across the Pacific as El Niño supercharges the 2026 season appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Genevieve became the first Category 5 hurricane in waters near North and Central America since 2024, and Super Typhoon Dolphin is threatening to match it, twin Pacific powerhouses fueled by El Niño's warm waters. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 160 mph overnight Sunday into Monday, July 27, making it the strongest hurricane in the eastern Pacific this year. The storm formed as a tropical depression well off the coast of Mexico on the morning of July 24, strengthened into Tropical Storm Genevieve just hours later, and reached hurricane status by Saturday. Within another 24 hours it had exploded to Category 4 with 155-mph winds before crossing the Category 5 threshold overnight. AccuWeather Lead Hurricane Expert Alex…Open
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Hurricane Genevieve hits Category 5 in the East Pacific — the first in two years — but stays far from shore
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of […] The post Hurricane Genevieve hits Category 5 in the East Pacific — the first in two years — but stays far from shore appeared first on American Almanac .
Hurricane Genevieve briefly reached Category 5 strength over open Pacific waters Monday morning, becoming the Northern Hemisphere's first major hurricane of the 2026 season while a second storm churns toward Hawaii. Genevieve's maximum sustained winds hit 155 mph early Monday, placing the storm at the top of the Saffir-Simpson scale roughly 520 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. No coastal watches or warnings were in effect at the time, and forecasters said the hurricane would remain far out to sea. But swells rolling off the storm were already generating what the National Hurricane Center in Miami called "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along Mexico's southwestern coast and…Open
DAILYCALLER (Andrew Powell) - Super Typhoon Bavi Becomes ‘Gargantuan’ As It Rolls Toward China, Taiwan
… unleashing 180mph winds…
An eyewall replacement cycle has impacted Super Typhoon Bavi, expanding the wind field and growing the typhoon to a size the U.S. Joint Typhoon Warning Center described Thursday as “gargantuan.” The wind field of Bavi is in the top three percent of all typhoons in the Western Pacific in the last 10 years, according to the FOX Forecast Center , though the maximum sustained winds of the storm have gotten weaker since its expansion. (RELATED: Strengthening El Niño Suppressing Tropical Development, Officially Puts Atlantic Hurricane Season Behind Schedule) Experts expect Bavi to continue weakening, graze northern Taiwan, and make landfall in China by Saturday, likely causing flash flooding and landslides. Bavi hammered U.S.…Open