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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 records were not kept before the 1950s. Earlier windstorms that struck Hawaii were not labeled as hurricanes. [1]
Since 2009 the Hong Kong Observatory has divided typhoons into three different classifications: typhoon, severe typhoon and super typhoon. [20] A typhoon has wind speed of 64–79 knots (73–91 mph; 118–149 km/h), a severe typhoon has winds of at least 80 knots (92 mph; 150 km/h), and a super typhoon has winds of at least 100 knots (120 mph ...
That super typhoon — defined as having wind speed of above 240 kilometers per hour or 150 miles per hour — killed at least 62 people across Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces ...
In the western Pacific Ocean, there have been 4,648 tropical cyclones, including at least 1,485 typhoons; the storms collectively killed more than 1.4 million people. In the North Indian Ocean, there have been at least 1,551 tropical cyclones, including 262 that attained the equivalent of hurricane status; the storms collectively killed over 1 ...
A tropical storm warning was in effect for the Big Island, and a red flag fire warning was issued for the leeward sides of all islands through 6 p.m. on Saturday.
A winter storm warning was issued for the island peaks by the National Weather Service for Friday. That advisory predicted 12 to 24 inches of snow, blown and drifted by 85-mph winds, leading to ...
As the sixth typhoon of the 2023 Pacific typhoon season, Dora would gradually deteriorate over open waters. As Dora moved north under a mid-latitude upper low, it became strongly influenced by the low and started to exhibit subtropical characteristics, prompting the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) to reclassify the storm as a subtropical ...
A little over 2,900 utility customers are still out of power on Hawaii's Big Island as of Monday morning, according to PowerOutage.US. More than 24,000 utility customers were without power on ...