On August 22, Hurricane Lane drew close to Hawaii, prompting hurricane warnings and watches on the islands. Whether or not Lane makes landfall in Hawaii, the storm could bring damaging tropical-storm-force winds, torrential rains, and major flooding to large parts of the state. It is only the 6th recorded Category 5 hurricane in this part of the Pacific and the nearest to Hawaii a Category 5 hurricane has ever been observed. http://www.climatesignals.org/headlines/events/hurricane-lane-august-2018

Sources

• Just Another Day on Aerosol Earth https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/92654/just-another-day-on-aerosol-earth
• Hawaii braces for Hurricane Lane (CNN) https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/hurricane-lane-hawaii/index.html
• Reed TImmer https://twitter.com/ReedTimmerAccu
• AlohaⓈⒸⓄⓅⒺTV https://twitter.com/AlohaScopeTV
• NASA Earth https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1032489794511749120
• Hawaii DOT https://twitter.com/DOTHawaii
• Boiling Pots https://twitter.com/jainagalves/status/1032772301974953984
• NASA SPoRT https://twitter.com/NASA_SPoRT
• Robert Fanney https://www.youtube.com/user/LuthielV
• NASA Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNHRGK3pILU
• Corals in a hurricane: Deep reefs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Fv1-eybcI

  Further Reading

• Advisories, NWSHonolulu https://twitter.com/NWSHonolulu
• Governor David Ige https://twitter.com/GovHawaii

Related

Hurricane Lane closest Cat 5 Ever get to Hawaii http://climatestate.com/2018/08/23/hurricane-lane-closest-cat-5-ever-get-to-hawaii/