Hurricane Lala leaves 200,000 without power at peak, at least one dead
Storm avoided direct landfall but damaged 16 transmission lines and at least 100 homes; now a tropical storm moving away from the island chain.
Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm after grazing Hawaii's Big Island over the weekend without making landfall. The storm damaged at least 100 homes, 16 transmission lines and many utility towers, leaving more than 200,000 customers without power at the peak. At least one person died in a storm-related vehicle crash.