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Hurricane Wipes 11-Acre Hawaiian Island Off The Map

Satellite photos show only a few slivers of land where Hawaii's East Island once was.
Hawaii's East island before Hurricane Walaka (left) and after (right). (Courtesy of Chip Fletcher)

Satellite photos taken this month show only a few slivers of land where Hawaii’s 11-acre East Island once stood.

Hurricane Walaka, which wiped the island off the map, was just the latest powerful storm in an unusually intense Pacific hurricane season. Climate scientists say a warming ocean could be to blame.

, a climate scientist at the University of Hawaii who visited the

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