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A weakening Hurricane Lane has brought record rainfall to Hawaii, where flooding threatens $8 billion worth of homes.
In 12 hours, 16.48 inches of rain fell on the Big Island of Hawaii, and daily records were set at Hilo International Airport on Wednesday and on Thursday, the National Weather Service said. Roads on the Big Island have been washed out.
“This is definitely a historic storm for the islands,†said Robert Bohlin, a weather service meteorologist in Honolulu. “People are saying they have never seen flooding like this before.â€
While Lane, with top winds of 105 miles per hour, was forecast to be pushed west on Saturday by another weather system, meteorologists still worry the storm could hit one of the Hawaiian Islands, raising the chances for catastrophic damage.
There are more than 48,000 homes that are at risk of flood damage from the storm, according to CoreLogic, a disaster modeler in Irvine, California.