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World|life|October 25, 2018 / 12:30 PM
Remote Hawaiian island wiped out by devastating hurricane

AKIPRESS.COM - A remote Hawaiian island that provided a vital habitat for endangered species of seals and turtles has been washed away by a powerful hurricane, Sky News reports.

East Island, which was only about half a mile long and 122m (400ft) wide, was wiped out by Hurricane Walaka earlier this month.

The category three hurricane, with wind speeds of up to 125mph, came within 70 miles of the west of the island.

Satellite images taken after the hurricane showed that it has almost entirely vanished.

The island had been part of the French Frigate Shoals, an atoll in the far western reaches of the Hawaiian archipelago.

Its sinking threatens the future of two endangered species - Hawaiian monk seals and green sea turtles - for whom the island was a vital habitat.

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