Lala is again a tropical storm, sending drenching rain and winds across the Hawaiian islands

Hurricane Lala has weakened to a tropical storm after skirting Hawaii without making landfall, but it's not done punishing the Big Island with hurricane-force gusts. Forecasters expect the total rainfall to approach nearly three feet in some higher elevation places, turning rivers into raging torrents and threatening mudslides. Tropical storm conditions were spreading westward Sunday to Maui and Oahu and then Kauai. The governor said more than 60,000 households are without power, and crews are working at more than 30 sites on the Big Island.