Hurricane wipes Hawaiian Island off the map

Friday, October 26, 2018
HONOLULU, Hawaii (WABC) -- A hurricane in the Pacific Ocean has wiped a small Hawaiian island off the map.

Video shows East Island in July.
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The 11-acre island northwest of Honolulu vanished after Hurricane Walaka struck the island earlier this month.

Until now, the island was home to a variety of coral, fish, birds and marine mammals, many of which can only be found in the Hawaiian Islands.
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An island in New York City vanished 100 years ago. Find out more about that from Meteorologist Bill Evans in the video above.

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