Hurricane Lane was an impactful event for the Hawaiian Islands. In August 2018, over a four-day period, the island of Hawai’i received an average of 17 inches of rainfall, with a four-day single-station maximum of 57 inches, making Hurricane Lane the wettest tropical cyclone ever recorded in Hawai’i. A recently published study, led by University of Hawai’i at Mānoa researchers, details the compounding hazards—fire and rain—produced by the storm.
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Source: Phys.org