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The islands of Hawaii, with Kauai as the notable exception, appear to be remarkably immune from direct hurricane hits. The USGS states that "more commonly, near-misses that generate large swell and moderately high winds causing varying degrees of damage are the hallmark of hurricanes passing close to the islands."
Hurricane Iniki (/ iː ˈ n iː k iː / ee-NEE-kee; Hawaiian: ʻiniki meaning "strong and piercing wind") was a hurricane that struck the island of Kauaʻi on September 11, 1992. It was the most powerful hurricane to strike Hawaiʻi in recorded history, and the only hurricane to directly affect the state during the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. [1]
Hurricane Iwa, taken from the Hawaiian language name for the frigatebird (ʻiwa, lit. "Thief"), was at the time the costliest hurricane to affect the state of Hawaiʻi . Iwa was the twenty-third tropical storm and the twelfth and final hurricane of the 1982 Pacific hurricane season .
The most active hurricane season for Hawaii was 2015, when 12 tropical systems came within 300 nautical miles of the islands, but not all caused winds, rain, or even waves in Hawaii.
Tropical Storm Gilma is "barely a tropical storm" and is expected to dissipate near the Hawaiian island of Kauai this weekend, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory.. The NHC ...
On Monday morning local time, the hurricane was located northwest of Kauai and moving to the west-northwest, shifting away from the populated islands of Hawaii with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.
Hurricane Iselle was the strongest tropical cyclone to make landfall on the island of Hawaii in recorded history. The tenth named storm, fifth hurricane, and fourth major hurricane of the 2014 hurricane season, Iselle developed from an area of disturbed weather southwest of Mexico on July 31, 2014. Assuming a west-northwest course that it would ...
Direct hits by tropical storms and hurricanes are rare in Hawaii, including tropical cyclones approaching from the east as most do. This is because waters are often too cool at Hawaii's latitude ...