Hurricane Lane weakened to Tropical Storm Lane on Friday evening, as “strong gusty winds” that brought torrential rains to the Hawaiian islands began to lose strength, officials said
According to an 11 p.m. ET update from the National Weather Service’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC), winds that hit 85 mph just two hours earlier had dropped to 70 mph, the update said.
Rain bands were still expected to bring more flooding and other damage to the islands. The storm was about 150 miles south-southwest of Honolulu, the update said.
As it appraoched Hawaii, the storm forced residents to flee flooded homes, while others jumped off seawalls with boogie boards into the turbulent ocean. Story Continues
