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The Star-Advertiser’s top 10 stories online in 2018

By Star-Advertiser Staff

Dec. 31, 2018

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Leilani Estates residents Elizabeth Kerekgyarto, right, and Lucina Aquilina embrace before parting ways outside Kerekgyarto’s home.
Hurricane Lane is tracking closer to the Hawaiian isles.
Lava flows inside Leilani Estates in Pahoa on May 19.
A screen grab from a video shot by Mick Kalber shows lava leaping into the air from a fissure in the neighborhood of Leilani Estates on the Big Island of Hawaii.
A crack forms in the yard of a neighbor’s yard in Leilani Estates on Hawaii island.
A Hawaiian monk seal pup named Manu‘iwa was seen holding an orange knife in its mouth.
NASA video of rainfall rates inside Hurricane Lane.
Leilani Estates residents Elizabeth Kerekgyarto, right, and Lucina Aquilina embrace before parting ways outside Kerekgyarto’s home.
Hurricane Lane is tracking closer to the Hawaiian isles.
Lava flows inside Leilani Estates in Pahoa on May 19.
A screen grab from a video shot by Mick Kalber shows lava leaping into the air from a fissure in the neighborhood of Leilani Estates on the Big Island of Hawaii.
A crack forms in the yard of a neighbor’s yard in Leilani Estates on Hawaii island.
A Hawaiian monk seal pup named Manu‘iwa was seen holding an orange knife in its mouth.
NASA video of rainfall rates inside Hurricane Lane.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
Governor David Ige talks about Hurricane Lane on Aug. 22, days before it hit the state. Read more here.
2018 was one the busiest years in news coverage. Devastating floods pummeled portions of Kauai and Oahu in April, then the Kilauea eruption wiped out Leilani Estates in the summer followed by Hurricanes Lane, Olivia, Norman and Miriam giving the Hawaiian islands a good scare. In case you missed it, these are the top 10 most popular stories online in 2018.
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TIM WRIGHT/ SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER
Hilo's Bayfront and the entry to Wailoa Center was flooded Aug. 23 as Hurricane Lane delivered heavy rains, road closures and landslides to the Big Island.
Read more here.
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Leilani Estates residents Elizabeth Kerekgyarto, right, and Lucina Aquilina embrace before parting ways outside Kerekgyarto’s home.
Read more here.
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COURTESY NOAA Weeks after Hurricane Lane, Tropical Storm Olivia headed for the Hawaiian islands.
Read more here.
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Hurricane Lane approached the state in August with a flash flood watch issued ahead of it.
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JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
Lava flows inside Leilani Estates in Pahoa on May 19.
Read more here.
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A screen grab from a video shot by Mick Kalber shows lava leaping into the air from a fissure in the neighborhood of Leilani Estates on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Read more here.
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COURTESY TAM HUNT
Noah Friend returned to his home in Leilani Estates to find a 10-foot wide crack running 500 feet long through his backyard and beneath his house.
The 32-year-old Leilani Estates resident inherited the house he built with his father in 1990 when he started a family of his own.
Read more here.
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COURTESY DLNR
A Hawaiian monk seal pup named Manu‘iwa was seen holding an orange knife in its mouth.
Manu‘iwa was born in February and recently weaned from her mother on the Big Island when the video surfaced in April.
Read more here.
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NASA video of rainfall rates inside Hurricane Lane as it approached the state in August.
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