What “landfall” actually means for tropical cyclones
Stephanie Nims
ByStephanie Nims
23 hours agoUpdated: August 17, 2026, 4:56 pm EDTPublished: August 17, 2026, 4:53 pm EDT

Lala had a chance of becoming the first hurricane to officially make landfall on Hawaii’s Big Island, but it came just shy of the benchmark for landfall. Meteorologist Sara Tonks explains how close it got and why it didn’t quite hit the mark.

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