As Hurricane Lowell Nears Hawaii, Wind Shear Could Spread Impacts
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, with forecasters warning it could follow a path 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 damage estimated at roughly $6 billion.
- Lowell is moving west at about 9 mph, but forecasters expect a sharp turn northward this weekend as an upper-level disturbance weakens the ridge guiding the hurricane.
- Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami urged residents to 'stay calm, stay informed and be prepared' as deep tropical moisture is expected to spread across the island chain from Sunday into Tuesday.
- Forecasters note uncertainty remains regarding how close Lowell's core will get to Kauai County, while the Central Pacific remains active with Hurricanes Karina and Marie as NOAA monitors El Niño trends.
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A video released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows the crew busy collecting data from the hurricane's eye, as the storm progresses over the Pacific Ocean
Hawaii residents are closely monitoring the powerful Hurricane Lowell. It has reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and could approach the archipelago's western islands on Monday. The extent of the threat will primarily depend on how precisely it makes a sharp turn northward, expected this weekend.
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