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"Lawmakers assess Lala damage, Big Isle nonprofits mobilize to provide food, water, and ice,  Another storm is brewing southeast of the Big Isle."

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Thursday • August 20, 2026

Read Today's Print Replica Today's Front Page Lawmakers assess Lala damage By DAN NAKASO Honolulu Star-Advertiser The U.S. Department of Transportation has approved an initial $6 million in emergency "quick release" funds to help Hawaii repair infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Lala. U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz Wednesday said the funds wereapproved after his call to DOT Secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday, urging quick approval of the federal funding. Additional funding and resources are expected in coming weeks and months, he added. "This will help Hawaii move quickly...Read more Big Isle nonprofits mobilize to provide, food, water, ice By GRACE INEZ ADAMS Hawaii Tribune-Herald Following Hurricane Lala's hit on the Big Island over the weekend, local organizations have mobilized to get food and water to those impacted by the storm. As of Wednesday, nonprofit Vibrant Hawaii reported that 1,076 households - representing 6,063 people - had submitted a request for assistance through theorganization's online portal. "The biggest need that we're seeing right now, based on this report, is assistance with food,"...Read more Another storm is brewing southeast of the Big Isle By JOHN BURNETT Hawaii Tribune-Herald As the Big Island continues to reel from the devastation wrought over the weekend by Hurricane Lala, another potential threat looms to the southeast of Hawaii. Dubbed EP90 by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, the tropical rainstorm - which was on the verge Wednesday of crossing from the Eastern Pacific into the Central Pacific - is producing showers and thundershowers and is showing signs of organizing into a tropical cyclone. "Environmental...Read more Download the Hawaii Tribune Herald App

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