Hurricane Lala

Pacific hurricane in 2026

Hurricane Lala is an active tropical cyclone that was the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record and the first hurricane to directly hit the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871. The ninth named storm, third hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2026 Pacific hurricane season, Lala formed on August 12 from a tropical wave in the central Eastern Pacific, and it steadily intensified for the next couple of days. On August 15, Lala strengthened into a hurricane as it approached Hawaii's Big Island and reached its initial peak intensity early the following day. Interaction with the mountainous terrain of the island caused it to weaken back to a tropical storm later that day. While moving away from the Hawaiian Islands, Lala resumed intensifying and strengthened into a Category 4 hurricane on August 19.

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