Hawaii hurricane News

Lane Damage Assessment Under Way in Hawaii

Hawaii officials on Monday continued assessing damage from Tropical Storm Lane, which ranked as the No. 3 rainmaker from a tropical cyclone in the United States since 1950. It’s still too early to quantify the extent of the damage, but …

FEMA Promises to Do Better as Hurricane Lane Threatens Hawaii

As a Category 4 hurricane roars toward Hawaii, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said it’s learned the lessons of last year’s devastation of Puerto Rico and is vowing a better response. Calling 2017 “historic,” Jeff Byard, FEMA’s associate administrator for …

Weakening Hurricane Lane Still Threatens Hawaii With Damage

Hurricane Lane has lost some of its punch as it prepares to brush past Hawaii but still threatens to inflict “tens of millions of dollars” in damages on the islands. The storm weakened to Category 4 hurricane Wednesday – the …

Weekend Impact Expected in Hawaii, Tropical Storm Ana Forecast

According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Ana is located 315 miles south-southwest of Hilo, Hawaii, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph and a minimum central pressure of 994 mb. While Ana is gradually strengthening, and may …

Iselle First Hawaii Hurricane in 22 years

Iselle was supposed to weaken as it slowly trudged west across the Pacific. It didn’t – and now Hawaii is poised to take its first direct hurricane hit in 22 years. State officials are assuring the islands are ready and …