Updated at 7:15 p.m. ET
Hurricane Lane has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm as it slowly makes its way toward the island chain.
As of 2 p.m. local time, Lane was centered about 260 miles south of Honolulu, Melissa Dye, a meteorologist with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center, told NPR.
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