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Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands

Hurricane Lowell lashed Hawaii with damaging winds, heavy rainfall and powerful floods, knocking out power for 91% of a western island as it pushed farther into the Pacific on Tuesday.

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Summary based on reporting from ABC News and Phys.org.

Coverage at a glance

  • First observed by CurrentWire: ABC News · Sep 8, 2026 at 2:12 PM ET
  • Coverage span: 16h 34m
  • Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
Hurricane Lowell lashes Hawaii's western islands
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Source mix

2 independent editorial domains

What coverage breadth measures

Coverage

2 publications are covering this story.

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How coverage developed

  1. First report from ABC News

  2. Reported by Phys.org

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Signal breakdown

CurrentWire ranked this story 75.4 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
32.4 of 35
Source authority
14 of 20
Coverage breadth
8.5 of 20
Geographic relevance
10 of 10
Story prominence
8 of 10
Velocity
2.5 of 5

Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.

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