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Hurricane Walaka was a strong tropical cyclone that brought high surf and a powerful storm surge to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.Walaka was the nineteenth named storm, twelfth hurricane, eighth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season.
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).
September 2018: Hurricane Walaka struck the French Frigate Shoals as a category 3 hurricane completely destroying the uninhabited East Island in the atoll. September 2018: Hurricane Olivia made landfall in northwest Maui as a minimal tropical storm, becoming the first storm on record to make landfall on the island since reliable records began.
The north-east Pacific Ocean was active, with three Category 5 hurricanes on the Saffir-Simpson scale – Lane, Walaka, and Willa. [71] Lane in August was the wettest on record in Hawaii, with peak rainfall accumulations of 58 inches (1,473 mm) causing US$250 million in damage.
Here are the top 5 U.S. states hit with the most hurricanes, ... Two of them − Hurricane Michael in October of 2018 and Hurricane Andrew in August of 1992 − registered as a Category 5. Both ...
Hurricane Michael in 2018 Hurricane Michael barreled into Mexico Beach, Florida, on Oct. 10 with peak winds of 160 mph – making it the strongest storm on record to make landfall in the Florida ...
Tracks of all Category 5 Pacific hurricanes northeast of the International Date Line until 2018. Note that parts of some tracks cross the Date Line and are omitted. Category 5 hurricanes are tropical cyclones that reach Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. They are by definition the strongest hurricanes that can form on ...
The disturbance known as Invest 90E could become the first tropical depression of the 2018 Eastern Pacific hurricane season.