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A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each year, although as many as fifteen have occurred, such as in the 2015 season; rarely do these storms actually affect Hawaii. Tropical cyclone ...
Prior to Iniki, Iwa was the most damaging hurricane to hit Hawaii. Iwa was the very last hurricane of the 1982 season, forming in November and causing $312 million in damage, which would convert ...
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 Lane was the most powerful storm to threaten Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in 1992. [29] On August 21–22, as Lane approached the Hawaiian Islands , hurricane watches and warnings were issued for Maui County , Hawaii County , Oahu , and Kauai County .
May 22—1/1 Swipe or click to see more COURTESY NOAA In 2020, Hurricane Douglas came uncomfortably close to Oahu, missing the island by about 30 miles in the closest hurricane approach to the ...
Daryl Takamiya, a past president of the Building Industry Association of Hawaii, said the hurricane-resistant windows his company is installing at a suburban Honolulu development add $25,000 to ...
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.
The Central Pacific Hurricane Center today predicted a below-normal hurricane season for the waters near Hawaii. With a developing La Nina and cooler waters in the forecast, officials said the ...