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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]
Sheraton is, today, a brand within the larger Marriott Hotels company. Based in Honolulu, the corporate group administered and managed Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, including those on the islands of Kauai, Oahu and Maui. The hotels and resorts in Waikiki were the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Hotel and the Sheraton Waikiki Hotel.
Coco Palms was destroyed by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. In 2016, Honolulu developers GreeneWaters LLC formed a partnership, Coco Palms Hui LLC, to restore the resort. Their intent was to reopen Coco Palms "as part of Hyatt's Unbound Collection." [2] In 2019 the project collapsed. [3]
Children play in the rubble left by the fury of Hurricane Iniki, Sept. 15, 1992, at Brennecke's Beach near Poipu Beach, Hawaii, on the island of Kauai. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Hurricane Iniki made landfall on Kauai as a Category 4 hurricane in 1992. More than 41% of the island’s homes were damaged or destroyed by the storm. AP Radio correspondent Julie Walker ...
Feb. 7—Question: The last serious hurricane to directly hit Hawaii was Iniki. What is the current balance in the hurricane fund? Answer: For fiscal year 2023 the Hawai'i Hurricane Relief Fund's ...
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.
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]