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Hurricane Walaka was a strong tropical cyclone that brought high surf and a powerful storm surge to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Walaka was the nineteenth named storm , twelfth hurricane , eighth major hurricane , and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2018 Pacific hurricane season .
Hurricanes Walaka and Sergio, Tropical Depression Rosa, Tropical Storm Leslie and Typhoon Kong-rey on October 2, 2018 Taken by various of satellites throughout 2018, these are the 31 tropical cyclones that reached at least Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during that year, from Berguitta in January to Cilida in December (though Hola and Sergio are out of order).
Walaka peaked as a Category 5 hurricane at 00:00 UTC on October 2 with winds of 160 miles per hour (260 km/h) and a pressure of 921 mbar (27.20 inHg). This intensity made Walaka the fourth major hurricane in the Central Pacific and second Category 5 hurricane of the season. [29] After peaking, Walaka began to undergo an eyewall replacement cycle.
Hurricane Iniki was the most powerful hurricane to strike the Hawaiian Islands. 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 ...
East Island is an island, formerly about 11 acres (45,000 m 2) in area, one-half mile (800 m) long and 400 feet (120 m) wide, now greatly reduced in size. [1] It was the second-largest in the French Frigate Shoals , and is one of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands , approximately 550 miles (890 km) northwest of Honolulu . [ 2 ]
Infographic illustrating the damage to the shoal's East Island. In October 2018, Hurricane Walaka eroded away most of East Island, the second largest island of the French Frigate Shoals. [33] [34] About 11 acres of East Island were eliminated, which was thought to be caused by the large storm surge that Walaka caused in the area. [35]
The storm will remain a "major" hurricane on Friday, according to the National Hurricane Center's public advisory. It reached Category 3 status on Thursday when wind speeds were steady at 120 ...
Only Hurricane Otis of 2023 was a Category 5 hurricane at landfall. Originally, a hurricane in 1959 was thought to have struck Manzanillo at Category 5 intensity, but a reanalysis in 2016 determined that the storm had peaked as a Category 4 hurricane, and made landfall with the same sustained wind speed as Kenna. [17]