Tropical Storm Moke Nears Hawaii With 250mm Rain Forecast, a Week After Lala Killed 1
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Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 22
Tropical Storm Moke Nears Hawaii With 250mm Rain Forecast, a Week After Lala Killed 1
3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Aug 22
Summary
Moke was 684 km south of Hilo at 11am HST on Saturday, tracking west-northwest at 19 km/h with maximum sustained winds of 85 km/h.
The storm is expected to pass south of Hawaii Island overnight into Sunday, bringing 130mm to 250mm of rain to the Big Island’s southeast and windward areas, with isolated totals up to 380mm.
Governor Josh Green urged residents to restock essentials and said the state had pre-positioned crews and equipment and authorized 100 hotel rooms for people needing shelter.
Hawaii is still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which dumped more than 1,000mm of rain in places, killed at least one person and cut power to nearly 130,000 customers.
Forecasters expect Moke to continue west near the islands through early Tuesday, and Green warned another storm front could follow about a week later.