What is Hurricane Lane?
'''Hurricane Lane''' was a 2018 [[Pacific hurricane]]. The storm threatened to hit the [[U.S. State]] of [[Hawaii]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Hurricane Lane Bears Down on Hawaii|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/08/22/category-4-hurricane-lane-bears-down-on-hawaii-watches-and-warnings-cover-island-chain/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a9bac0d8db9c|access-date=August 22, 2018}}</ref> It was the first Category 5 hurricane since [[Hurricane Patricia]] in October 2015. On August 21, when Lane came close to the [[Hawaiian Islands]], a hurricane watch was put up for Maui and Hawaii counties.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hurricane Watch for Hawaii|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/archive/2018/TCPCP2.EP142018.027.201808211443|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=August 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821223424/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/archive/2018/TCPCP2.EP142018.027.201808211443|url-status=dead}}</ref> Early the next day, the watch was changed to a hurricane warning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hurricane Lane Special Advisory 30|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/archive/2018/TCPCP2.EP142018.030.201808220444|access-date=August 22, 2018|archive-date=August 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822113605/http://www.prh.noaa.gov/cphc/tcpages/archive/2018/TCPCP2.EP142018.030.201808220444|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lane dumped heavy rainfall on Hawaiian Islands, with rainfall accumulations of over 50 inches in Mountain View, resulting of becoming the wettest [[tropical cyclone]] on record in Hawaii. It is also ranked as the second wettest tropical cyclone in the United States after [[Hurricane Harvey]] in 2017. On August 29, Lane was dissipated near the [[International Date Line]]. ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Lane}} [[Category:Hurricanes in the United States]] [[Category:2018 in Hawaii]] {{multistub|weather|us}}