# Hawaii declares state of emergency ahead of historic hurricane threat

https://mins.news/en/item/22948

- DW, 2026-08-15 12:11 UTC
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- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/hawaii-under-state-of-emergency-ahead-of-historic-hurricane/a-78382001?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Tropical storm Lala is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before approaching Hawaii’s Big Island on Saturday. Governor Josh Green has declared a state of emergency, while the island faces hurricane warnings and risks of heavy rain, flooding, mudslides, storm surge and dangerous surf. A landfall would be the Big Island’s first hurricane strike since 1871.

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