Hurricane Lala strengthens as it heads to Hawaii

NPR | By Bill Dorman

Published August 15, 2026 at 5:41 PM EDT

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.

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...

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