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The storm is forecast to bring rain to the Hawaiian Islands
starting late Friday as well as high winds and dangerous surf,
the National Hurricane Center said.
A hurricane warning is in effect for Hawaii County and a
tropical storm watch is in place for Maui County including the
islands of Maui, Lanai, Molokai and Kahoolawe, forecasters said.
Lala was about 530 miles (855 kilometers) east-southeast of
Hilo, Hawaii, and about 740 miles (1,195 kilometers)
east-southeast of Honolulu with maximum sustained winds of 60
mph (95 kph) while moving west-northwest, the Miami-based center
said.
Lala is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it approaches
the Big Island. It's expected to be near the island Saturday. A
hurricane warning means hurricane conditions are expected, and
it is typically issued 36 hours before potential
tropical-storm-force winds.
The system could bring rainfall totals of 8 inches to a foot (up
to about 30 centimeters) across Maui and the Big Island, with as
much as 25 inches (nearly 64 centimeters) possible across the
Big Island, forecasters said. That could produce
life-threatening flooding and mudslides, the center said.
Also in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Hernan formed Thursday but
wasn't threatening land and was weakening while moving south.
Hernan was about 1,495 miles (2,405 kilometers) west-southwest
of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico
with maximum sustained winds around 40 mph (65 kph), the center
said.
In the Atlantic Ocean, former Tropical Storm Cristobal weakened
and degenerated into a post-tropical remnant low on Thursday,
the center said. It was about 500 miles (805 kilometers) west of
the Azores and didn't threaten land.
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