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The National Hurricane Center said in their 5 p.m. (11 a.m. Hawaii time) update today that the system is expected to intensify into a major hurricane with winds up to 115 mph before it approaches the northeastern Gulf Coast on Thursday. Read more
Almost all Hawaii island rain gauges posted above-average rainfall totals in August. Read more
Francine packed maximum sustained winds of 100 miles per hour as the eye of the storm reached the southern Louisiana coast near Morgan City, Louisiana, about 90 miles southwest of New Orleans, the National Hurricane Center said. Read more
Francine could wallop the Louisiana coast on Wednesday with life-threatening winds, drenching rains and an up to 10-foot storm surge. Read more
Francine could become a Category 1 hurricane with winds of up to 85 mph, ahead of landfall on the Louisiana coast on Wednesday evening, the National Hurricane Center said. Read more
Forty-nine people have died and 22 are missing, mostly because of landslides and floods triggered by the typhoon, the Vietnamese government said. Read more
In a hilly community in Antipolo east of Manila, three people were killed, including two schoolboys and a 27-year-old pregnant woman, when a landslide hit two houses, according to Relly Bernardo, the city’s disaster management chief. Read more
Hawaii County has received 38 Hone-related damage claims from Kohala to Kau Read more
Shanshan had peaked at a strength equivalent to a Category 4 hurricane before making landfall as a typhoon around 8 a.m. on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s main islands. Read more
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This is the last public advisory issued by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Gilma. Read more
Japanese officials issued rare emergency warnings for the powerful storm as it churned toward the country’s southwest, bringing torrential rain and hurricane-force winds. Read more
A weakening Tropical Storm Gilma is expected to pass close to Hawaii on Friday. Read more
The powerful storm had sustained wind gusts of up to 120 mph early today, equivalent to a Category 3 hurricane, according to the U.S. Navy’s Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Read more
“The remnants of Gilma may bring heavy rainfall to portions of the Hawaiian islands as early as Friday, lasting through Saturday,” forecasters said. Read more
As of 5 p.m., Gilma was about 1,100 miles east of Hilo, with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph, moving west at 12 mph. Read more
Ka‘u High & Paaala Elementary School and Na‘alehu Elementary School are closed to students and staff. Read more
The Big Island bore the brunt of tropical cyclone Hone . Read more
HECO officials said that a Public Safety Power Shutoff will no longer be needed as a safety measure now that the National Weather Service has canceled the red flag warning for all islands. Read more
Heavy rainfall will continue through the night as Hurricane Hone passes south of the Big Island. Read more
A red flag warning is also in effect Saturday for leeward sections of all Hawaiian islands as winds from Hone and dry weather conditions combine to increase the threat of wildfires. Read more
Hone is expected to produce rainfall of 4 to 8 inches, mainly over Hawaii island’s windward and southeast- facing slopes, with locally higher amounts, and 2 to 4 inches over smaller isles. Read more
