Hurricane Douglas closing in on Hawaii

By Audrey McAvoy
Updated July 27 2020 - 4:01pm, first published 3:56pm
Shops have been boarded up as Hurricane Douglas approaches Hawaii as a Category 1 storm.
Shops have been boarded up as Hurricane Douglas approaches Hawaii as a Category 1 storm.

Hurricane Douglas has come within "razor-thin" distance of the Hawaiian Islands but has spared the state the worst of the strong winds, storm surge and flooding officials had warned about.

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