Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across the Hawaiian islands

Hurricane Lala has weakened to a tropical storm after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it's not done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after its eyewall skirted Hawaii without making landfall, but it continued to punish the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts and relentless rain, reaching a total of nearly three feet (one meter) in places and sending raging torrents down mountain Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm Sunday after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it wasn't done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts.