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Powerful Hurricane Lane Lumbers Toward Hawaii As Residents Prepare

The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, is predicted to near the Hawaiian Islands Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service said.

Hawaii residents are bracing as Hurricane Lane slowly neared the islands Thursday.

Lane, a Category 4 storm moving northwest at 7 mph with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph, will have its center "move very close to or over the main Hawaiian Islands" Thursday through Friday, the National Weather Service said Wednesday night

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