Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii

NPR | By Bill Dorman

Published August 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM EDT

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Hurricane Lala is headed toward Hawaii's Big Island. If it makes landfall there, it'd be the first hurricane to do so since 1871.

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Bill Dorman

Bill Dorman has been the news director of Hawai‘i Public Radio since February 2011. Born in New York City, he spent 21 years at CNN in various positions...