Tropical storm Lane drifts away from Hawaii after 'almost biblical' rains

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• Tropical Storm Lane, formerly Hurricane Lane, has drifted away from Hawaii after dropping nearly nearly 4 feet of rain.
• The National Weather Service canceled all storm warnings for the state.
• Some towns saw as much as waist-high flooding from the rain, which a senator said called "almost biblical proportions."

HONOLULU (AP) — A once-powerful hurricane twisted and drifted away from Hawaii, leaving behind heavily saturated ground on the Big Island and many residents on other islands relieved it didn't wreak more havoc.

Firefighters on the Big Island rescued 39 people from floodwaters Friday through early Saturday as the island grappled with the nearly 4 feet (1.2 meters) of rain from Tropical Storm Lane, formerly Hurricane Lane, dumped on the eastern part of the island over the course of three days.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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