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Global storm activity of 2008 profiles the major worldwide storms, including blizzards, ice storms, and other winter events, from January 1, 2008, to December 31, 2008. A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet , or a rainstorm where ground ...
On windward coasts, many brief showers are common, not one of which is heavy enough to produce more than 0.01 in (0.25 mm) of rain. The usual run of trade wind weather yields many light showers in the lowlands, whereas torrential rains are associated with a sudden surge in the trade winds or with a major storm.
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]
The 2008 Pacific hurricane season was a near-average Pacific hurricane season which featured seventeen named storms, though most were rather weak and short-lived. Only seven storms became hurricanes, of which two intensified into major hurricanes.
2023 Hawaii wildfires: Hawaii: 2023 Tornado outbreak: 33 $4.3 billion Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023: Southern United States, Midwestern United States: 2023 Tornado outbreak: 25 $1.9 billion Tornado outbreak of March 24–27, 2023: Southern United States: Includes the 2023 Rolling Fork—Silver City tornado. 2023 Flooding and ...
More than one tropical storm affecting Hawaii in one season is unusual Although rare in the islands, hurricanes do happen there. Official records go back to 1950, and there have been some notable ...
2008 Hawaii elections (5 P) S. 2008 in sports in Hawaii (7 P) Pages in category "2008 in Hawaii" ... This page was last edited on 5 March 2024, at 23:02 (UTC).
Aloha Airlines, a Hawaii based airline which operates inter-island and trans-Pacific flights, has suspended all passenger services effective March 31, 2008, due to bankruptcy. ( Honolulu Advertiser ) The enlargement of the EU's borderless zone to eight Eastern European countries and Malta is completed through the lifting of air border controls ...