{"id":37034,"date":"2018-08-24T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37034"},"modified":"2018-08-24T11:51:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:51:34","slug":"extreme-flash-floods-hit-hawaii-as-dangerous-hurricane-lane-could-dump-30-40-inches-of-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37034","title":{"rendered":"Extreme Flash Floods Hit Hawaii As Dangerous Hurricane Lane Could Dump &#8220;30-40 Inches Of Rain&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-08-24\/extreme-flash-floods-hit-hawaii-dangerous-hurricane-lane-could-dump-30-40-inches\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Extreme Flash Floods Hit Hawaii As Dangerous Hurricane Lane Could Dump &#8220;30-40 Inches Of Rain&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1106\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1106\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div class=\"total-share-count-container\">Dangerous Hurricane Lane is moving toward the main Hawaiian islands as a powerful Category 3 storm Friday. The hurricane could hit the isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific within 24 hours, and unleash torrential rain that may produce destructive\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prh.noaa.gov\/cphc\/tcpages\/archive\/2018\/TCPCP2.EP142018.039.201808240841\">flash floods<\/a>\u00a0and landslides over much of the island chain, along with coastal flooding, and high winds through Saturday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-7.30.30-AM-1-1024x497.png?itok=pq-Sy-hN\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-7.30.30-AM-1-1024x497.png?itok=pq-Sy-hN\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-7.30.30-AM-1-1024x497.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-7.30.30-AM-1-1024x497.png?itok=pq-Sy-hN 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"243\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"83e22739-2576-47ee-8cb6-a9f377286dc5\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This threat of extreme flooding could occur across most of the island chain was summed up succinctly by The Weather Channel hurricane expert Dr. Rick Knabb in a tweet late Thursday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">In case anyone is celebrating the islands being outside the cone, consider: all islands on stronger, wetter side the whole time; a track just southwest enhances waves\/surge onto south-facing shores; no change to risk of devastating floods and long-lasting power outages. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lane?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lane<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Rick Knabb (@DrRickKnabb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrRickKnabb\/status\/1032830691141148672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 24, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meteorologists said Lane\u2019s eye passed over a weather buoy about 250 miles southwest of the Big Island on Thursday morning and recorded winds that sustained +100 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOAA: Dangerous Hurricane Lane Moving North Toward The Main Hawaiian\u00a0Islands<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-6.47.07-AM.png?itok=ZzYBxKRy\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-6.47.07-AM.png?itok=ZzYBxKRy\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-6.47.07-AM.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-24-at-6.47.07-AM.png?itok=ZzYBxKRy 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"410\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"5602a3fe-52de-4c4b-9d89-a06c109df97a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe slow movement of Lane also greatly increases the threat for prolonged heavy rainfall and extreme rainfall totals,\u201d the Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) said. \u201cThis is expected to lead to major, life-threatening flash flooding and landslides over all Hawaiian Islands.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe center of Hurricane Lane was located near latitude 18.2 North, longitude 158.0 West. Lane is moving toward the north near 6 mph (9 km\/h), and this general motion is expected to continue through Friday. A turn toward the west is anticipated Saturday, with an increase in forward speed. On the latest forecast track, the center of Lane will move over, or dangerously close to portions of the main Hawaiian islands late Friday and Friday night.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme Flash Floods Hit Hawaii As Dangerous Hurricane Lane Could Dump &#8220;30-40 Inches Of Rain&#8221; Dangerous Hurricane Lane is moving toward the main Hawaiian islands as a powerful Category 3 storm Friday. The hurricane could hit the isolated volcanic archipelago in the Central Pacific within 24 hours, and unleash torrential rain that may produce destructive\u00a0flash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1001,8838,21379,4847],"class_list":["post-37034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-flooding","tag-hawaii","tag-hurricane-lane","tag-rain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37034"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37035,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37034\/revisions\/37035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}