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Walaka was the nineteenth named storm, twelfth hurricane, eighth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season. [ 2 ] The tropical cyclone originated from an area of low pressure that formed around 1,600 mi (2,600 km) south-southeast of Hawaii on September 24.
Walaka peaked as a Category 5 hurricane at 00:00 UTC on October 2 with winds of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h) and a pressure of 921 mbar (27.20 inHg). This intensity made Walaka the fourth major hurricane in the Central Pacific and second Category 5 hurricane of the season. [29] After peaking, Walaka began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle.
In 2018 most of the island above sea level was washed away by Hurricane Walaka. [13] The storm was a Category 4 storm at the time of its passage. [2] In 2023, the island was noted to have stabilized enough to be camped again for research. The island is visited such as in 2023 by researchers investigating the status turtle breeding sites there.
Hurricanes have reached Category 5 intensity during each month from June to October. The earliest to do so was 1973's Hurricane Ava, on June 7. The latest to intensify to Category 5 was 2023's Hurricane Otis on October 25. Hurricanes Ava, Gilma, Ioke, Linda, and Patricia are the most intense storms to form in their respective months. There have ...
A major hurricane is a Category 3 or higher, the maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph. North Carolina didn't make the top 5. Storms from 1880 to 2020 North Carolina ranked number 2 with 159 ...
In October 2018, Hurricane Walaka eroded away most of East Island, the second largest island of the French Frigate Shoals. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] About 11 acres of East Island were eliminated, which was thought to be caused by the large storm surge that Walaka caused in the area. [ 35 ]
Maps show the areas impacted by storm surge, rainfall levels and more as Helene, once a major hurricane and now a tropical storm, moves inland from Florida's Gulf Coast over Georgia.
Hurricanes Walaka and Sergio, Tropical Depression Rosa, Tropical Storm Leslie and Typhoon Kong-rey on October 2, 2018 Taken by various of satellites throughout 2018, these are the 31 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Berguitta in January to Cilida in December (though Hola and Sergio are out of order).