Warnings dropped as tropical storm turns away from Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) — Weather officials dropped all warnings Saturday after tropical storm Lane weakened and turned away from Hawaii.
The storm began moving to the west, breaking its northward march toward Honolulu after drenching the Big Island and Maui over the past two days.
The slow-moving storm, moving less than 5 mph, dumped nearly four feet of rain on the Big Island and about a foot on Maui before it was downgraded Friday to a tropical storm from a hurricane.
The storm was about 110 miles south of Honolulu, but the state's most populous city was largely spared from any impacts.
The National Weather Service recorded about 2.3 inches of rain on Oahu in a 24-hour period ending early Saturday.