"HONOLULU - Hurricane Lane churned slowly toward Hawaii late on Wednesday as schools, government offices and business closed and residents stocked up on supplies and boarded up homes.

A direct hit could bring the U.S. Pacific island state’s worst storm in a quarter century, forecasters said.

Lane packed sustained winds of up to 145 miles per hour (230 km/h) and could dump as much as 20 inches of rain that could trigger flash floods and landslides, the National Weather Service said."

Jolyn Rosa reports for Reuters August 22, 2018. [2]