"Hurricane Lane dumped so much water on Hawaii this past week that it has earned a spot among the most extreme weather events on record in the U.S., according to preliminary rainfall totals the National Weather Service issued Sunday.
About 51.5 inches were measured between last Wednesday and Sunday at a weather station near Hilo. Lane’s downpour is expected to be the country’s third-highest rainfall total from a tropical cyclone since records began in 1950, just behind Hurricane Harvey last summer and Hurricane Hiki nearly 70 years ago.
The rainfall has been “torrential,” the NWS reported. It triggered significant flash flooding across the Big Island, which bore the brunt of the storm before Lane bombarded Oahu and Maui."
Lydia O’Connor reports for HuffPost August 27, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"Hurricane Lane Brings Hawaii a Warning About Future Storm Risk" (InsideClimate News)
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