It is very rare to have a full-blown hurricane pass this close to Hawaii.
This morning there was a rare hurricane warning for parts of Hawaii as Hurricane Douglas passes dangerously close to the state, bringing gusty winds, torrential rains, and life-threatening waves.
As of this morning, Douglas is about 55 miles northeast of Kahuliui, Hawaii, and about 140 miles northwest of Honolulu.
Douglas has 90 mph winds this morning, making it a high-end Category 1 hurricane.
This is a pretty rare occasion to have a full-blown hurricane pass so close to Hawaii.
Only two hurricanes in recorded history have made landfall in Hawaii, Hurricane Iniki in 1992 and Hurricane Dot in 1959.
There were other hurricanes that tried to run on the Hawaiian Islands like Hurricane Lane in 2018 and Hurricane Lester in 2016, but they never got as close as Douglas now with winds of 90 mph.
The predicted route takes Douglas’ gaze away from Kauai in the next six to 12 hours, with the threat of flash floods and life-threatening waves.
Meanwhile, Hanna is dissipating over Mexico this morning, but she also managed to make history on Saturday when she made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane at 6 p.m. EDT on Saturday in 90 mph winds at Padre Island National Seashore, which is about 50 miles south of Corpus Christi.
Hanna brought gusts of wind up to 68 mph to Corpus Christi and gusts of wind up to 81 mph to Baffin Bay Padre Island.
Up to five inches of rain fell in Corpus Christi and the storm surge was over five feet.
Flash floods and coastal flooding were also reported in the city.
Additionally, Hanna was the earliest recorded “H” storm in United States history and only the second named fourth storm to make landfall in the United States so early in the season.
The only other fourth-name storm to make landfall in the United States so early was a Category 4 hurricane in 1886.
Now the focus is on the East, where a new tropical system is developing in the Atlantic and, in the next 24 hours, could develop into a tropical depression or tropical storm. If it turns into a tropical storm, it would be Isaias.
It is still too early to know exactly where this system will go and how strong it will become, but people living on the islands of the northwest Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, should heed the forecast.
Elsewhere, another heat wave is expected in the northeast and east coast this week.
A heat advisory has been issued from North Carolina to Maine, where temperatures could approach 100 degrees.
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