TRACKING LOWELL | Hurricane Lowell Maintains Category 4 Strength, Tracks Toward Western Hawaiian Islands
Forecasters say the storm could bring major hurricane-force winds, flooding rain and storm surge if its center tracks close to the islands.
- Major Hurricane Lowell, currently a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, is moving west about 590 miles south of Lihue and forecast to turn northward this weekend, potentially following a track similar to 1992's Hurricane Iniki.
- Iniki made landfall on Kauai on September 11, 1992, as a Category 4 storm, killing six people and destroying over 70% of homes, with damages estimated at roughly $6 billion in today's dollars.
- Lowell is moving west at about 9 mph, but a shift is expected this weekend as an upper disturbance weakens the ridge guiding the hurricane northward.
- Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami advised residents to "stay calm, stay informed and be prepared," as deep tropical moisture is expected to bring heavy rainfall from Sunday into Tuesday.
- Forecasters acknowledge uncertainty about how close Lowell's core will approach Kauai County, while the Central Pacific remains active with Hurricanes Karina and Marie; NOAA indicates a 69% chance this El Niño becomes the strongest since 1950.
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By meteorologist Mary Gilbert Hawaii is under a state of emergency due to the arrival of powerful Hurricane Lowell on its western islands on Monday. It is the third storm in so many other weeks that threatens the state, while El Niño intensifies the hurricane season in the Pacific. The hurricane quickly became stronger until it became
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Le Journal de QuebecHawaii is preparing Friday for a possible arrival of Hurricane Lowell, which could approach the west of its archipelago from Monday night.
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Hurricane Lowell Threatens Hawaii as Marie Sends Tropical Moisture Toward Southern California
Three hurricanes are churning across the Pacific, with a powerful Category 4 storm approaching the Hawaiian Islands while moisture drawn from another system could deliver ... The post Hurricane Lowell Threatens Hawaii as Marie Sends Tropical Moisture Toward Southern California first appeared on [your]NEWS.
Hawaii is preparing for the effects of Hurricane Lowell, which could touch the state's westernmost islands from Monday afternoon, although its exact trajectory remains unclear. The storm was passing south of the archipelago this Friday, but it is expected to turn north during the long weekend of Labor Day in the US, which could place the islands of Kauai and Niihau near its center, according to the latest forecast of the National Hurricane Cente…
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