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Panicked Residents Empty Shelves as Cat 3 Hurricane Closes in on Hawaii Today
Officials warned of 6-10 inches of rain and up to 3 feet of coastal flooding as the Category 3 storm neared Kauai and Niihau.
- Hurricane Lowell, a Category 3 storm, approaches Hawaii as the National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for Kauai and Niihau on Sunday.
- Late Monday, Lowell is forecast to pass west of the islands while traveling north, with hurricane-force winds extending up to 50 miles from the center.
- Forecasters anticipate rainfall totals of 6-10 inches, with maximum totals of 14 inches, while storm surge and tides may cause flooding up to 3 feet in normally dry areas on Kauai.
- In Lihue, a town of 8,000, residents stock up on supplies as real estate agent Lori Benkert boards up properties, stating, "Everybody is probably going just to hunker down."
- Separately, Hurricane Marie, a Category 1 storm located about 695 miles south-southwest of San Diego, continues generating dangerous surf conditions along Mexico and Southern California coasts.
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Panicked residents empty shelves as Cat 3 hurricane closes in on Hawaii today
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Panicked residents empty: THOUSANDS OF, Hawaii — Thousands of residents in Hawaii are rushing to stock up on essentials as Category 3 Hurricane Lowell. تم نشر هذا الخبر عبر موقع Cedarnews الإخباري. للاطلاع على مزيد من الأخبار العاجلة والتقارير الحصرية، زوروا موقعنا الرسمي.
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Category 3 Hurricane Lowell would leave heavy rains and floods on several Hawaiian islands. It follows its trajectory and forecast here.
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