UPDATED: The entire state is now under a tropical storm warning as leaders encourage residents to be on guard.

UPDATED: Warnings are also in effect for Maui County and the Big Island, and a storm watch is now in effect for Kauai.

UPDATED: It's currently a Category 4 storm, although it's expected to weaken before nearing the islands next week.

It's the first death attributed to Lane, a onetime hurricane that has deluged Kauai after skirting past the islands.

UPDATED: The Kuhio Highway is closed near Hanalei, where business activity has come to a standstill. Sound familiar?

An offshore hurricane-turned-tropical storm deluged parts of Hawaii but left most people prepared for a disaster that never came.

Lane didn't leave the devastation that many feared it would. It did leave Hawaii with a new standard for storm preparation.

Scientists agree high southwest winds helped save Hawaii. “They took its head off,” one says.

UPDATED: Hawaii County's windward side has endured three straight days of nearly nonstop downpours.

Hawaii prepared for a major hurricane for several days before Lane weakened into a tropical storm.