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Homes damaged, 180,000 without power as Hurricane Lala sweeps past Hawaii

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 6d ago
48 distinct posts / 48h, matching Lala 41 Hawaii 30 Homes 18
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6d ago San Francisco was not the only place that got power outage as some of you already Hawai’i got hit by hurricane lala ( no relation to the teletubbies ) and thousands of people on the islands are cur… ×2 -4.5
7d ago The hurricane missed the islands but hit the Big Island. 1 death, 100 homes destroyed. We had power outage and a part of the stairs wall broke off from the gusts. -6.5
7d ago In this house we were lucky, nothing worse than a power outage. People on the Big Island saw their homes destroyed by the storm. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... -4.0
7d ago More than 113,000 homes and businesses remained without power in Hawaii on Monday after Storm Lala extensively damaged the state’s electrical grid, with some customers potentially facing months wit… ×3 -7.0
7d ago 🚨 Story update: Thousands without power and at least 100 homes damaged after Tropical Storm Lala lashes Hawaii Power outage figure changed from… Now corroborated by 4 independent sources. Full tim… ×3 -6.0
7d ago The point is the reasons why the Government of Canada says we need to double the size of our electricity grid are the ones that I said, electrification of transportation, heating of homes and build… +2.0
7d ago 🚨 Story update: Tens of thousands without power and more than 100 homes damaged as Tropical Storm Lala moves away from Hawaii Power outages now… Now corroborated by 2 independent sources. Full tim… ×3 -6.0
7d ago I finally saw "The Odyssey" on IMAX tonight! More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm | CNBC @cnbc.com ×3 -1.5
7d ago 🚨 Story update: Thousands without power and at least 100 homes damaged after Tropical Storm Lala starts to move away from Hawaii Storm now begi… Now corroborated by 2 independent sources. Full tim… ×3 -5.0
7d ago 🚨 Story update: Thousands without power and at least 100 homes damaged after Tropical Storm Lala lashes Hawaii Death count removed; home damage… Now corroborated by 4 independent sources. Full tim… ×3 -7.5
7d ago 🙏More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm. ×3 -3.0
7d ago More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm 🌍 #OmniGaza #AfricanIntel ×3 -4.5
7d ago More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm https://t.co/ViBBj8mAYM — The Right News, Right Now. (@BradPorcellato) Aug 17, 2026 August 16,… ×3 -4.0
7d ago More than 180,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala weakens to tropical storm ×3 -4.0
8d ago More than 200,000 without power in Hawaii, 100 homes damaged as Lala shifts to tropical storm - Reuters #USNews #Politics #NationalNews ×3 -4.0
8d ago Thousands without power and at least 100 homes damaged after Tropical Storm Lala lashes Hawaii www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/w... ×3 -6.0
8d ago As Tropical Storm Lala continued to pummel Hawaii, about 200,000 homes and businesses were already without power on Sunday and faced days without electricity because the storm downed the transmissi… ×3 -6.5
8d ago Tropical Storm Lala didn't make landfall. It still knocked out power for 130,000 households and sent homes floating away. https://curiouscats.ai/breaking-news/tropical-storm-lala-drenches-hawaii-w… ×3 -7.0
7d ago Ongoing power outage for the past 28 hours here in Honolulu from Hurricane Lala. Haven't opened fridge yet. At least the water is still running because of my building's backup generator. -2.0
7d ago Lala missed landfall, not damage: nearly 3 feet of rain in places, flood rescues, outages and a hard Hawaiian stress test. #Hawaii #Climate ×2 -7.5
7d ago Watching #Lala from afar is half like “the media is super overplaying it! What’s a little wind and rain?” And “dangggg that sucks everyone’s power is out and they closed the schools” -1.5
7d ago Lala’s close approach was unusual for Hawaii, where storms typically weaken or pass south of the islands. The storm briefly reached Category 1 strength before its eyewall grazed the southern Big I… ×2 -3.5
7d ago Survived Lala! Power came back on just before midnight. Whole house backup lasted entire outage (~2:00am-midnight) since we turned off everything except refrigerator & didn't use the stove & microw… +6.0
7d ago I’m on Oahu, without power for 21 hours. All the islands were battered by Lala and damage reports are coming in. -6.0
7d ago Tropical Storm Lala knocks out power to over 150,000 in Hawaii www.wxcentre.ca/post/tropica... ×2 -5.5
7d ago Now: About 190,000 customers were without power Sunday as Lala, downgraded to a tropical storm, moved south of Honolulu.  -2.0
7d ago About 250,000 customers were without power Sunday as Lala, downgraded to a tropical storm, moved south of Honolulu.  -4.0
8d ago Hawaii: No electricity after Lala storm | KTVU — KTVU FOX 2 #CaliforniaNews #LocalTV #Video ×2 -4.5
8d ago Some 200,000 residents started their day without power on Oʻahu, Maui and Hawaiʻi island as Tropical Storm Lala traveled south of the islands on Sunday morning, with Hawaiian Electric warning power… -4.0
8d ago About 250,000 customers were without power Sunday as Lala, downgraded to a tropical storm, moved south of Honolulu. -4.0

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T1 Homes damaged, 180,000 without power as Hurricane Lala sweeps past Hawaii power_outage independent.co.uk devastated, powerless, urgent
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T3 Tens of thousands without power and more than 100 homes damaged as Tropical Storm Lala moves away from Hawaii 📄 ⚖ Contested power_outage abc17news.com displaced, vulnerable, devastated
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sadness