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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]
Before Hawaii's greatest natural disaster, which Dora contributed to last August, Iniki from September 1992 was the costliest hurricane. As a Category 4 hurricane, Iniki caused $3.1 billion in ...
Iwa was the most damaging hurricane to ever hit Hawaiʻi until Hurricane Iniki took over the title 10 years later. [15] July–August 1983: Hurricane Gil passed over northern Hawaiʻi as a tropical storm, causing minor damage. [16] October 1983: Hurricane Raymond took a path similar to Gil's, but as a depression, causing no damage. [16]
Atlantic hurricane tracking chart. A tropical cyclone tracking chart is used by those within hurricane-threatened areas to track tropical cyclones worldwide. In the north Atlantic basin, they are known as hurricane tracking charts. New tropical cyclone information is available at least every six hours in the Northern Hemisphere and at least ...
Iniki is considered to be the most powerful hurricane ever to hit Hawaii. It also caused the most fatalities, six, of any storm. Winds were recorded at 145 mph and destroyed 1,421 houses.
The last time back-to-back named storms hit the islands was in September 1992 when Hurricane Iniki, the most powerful storm to directly hit Hawaii, was followed three days later by tropical ...
The eye of Hurricane Iniki passed directly over the island of Kauai on September 11 as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It was the first hurricane to hit the state since Iwa in the 1982 season , and the first major hurricane since Hurricane Dot in 1959.
Prior to Hawaii's greatest natural disaster, which Dora contributed to last August, Iniki from September 1992 was the costliest hurricane. As a Category 4 hurricane, Iniki caused $3.1 billion in ...