Hurricane Lane weakened to Tropical Storm Lane on Friday evening, as “strong gusty winds” that brought torrential rains to the Hawaiian islands began to lose strength, officials said. According to a 5 a.m. ET update from the National Weather Service’s Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC), the center of the storm was about 140 miles south-southwest of Honolulu, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph. The storm was moving north-northwest at 3 mph. But Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell warned that residents needed to remain vigilant and not let their guard down. Still, he was happy to hear the storm had been downgraded. “The good news is Lane got weak and fell apart. We dodged a bullet,” he said at a news conference Friday. “The good news is Lane got weak and fell apart. We dodged a bullet.” – Kirk Caldwell, Honolulu mayor Rain bands were still expected to bring more flooding and other damage to the islands. As it approached Hawaii, the storm forced residents to flee flooded homes, while others jumped off seawalls with boogie boards into the turbulent ocean.
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