Hurricane Kiko will make historic direct hit on Hawaii, spaghetti models predict

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Hurricane Kiko will make historic direct hit on Hawaii, spaghetti models predict

Daily Mail
By CHRIS MELORE
3 September 2025



Hurricane Kiko's course has shifted and the major storm is now headed straight for Hawaii in a rare weather event for the islands.

New spaghetti models of the Category 2 hurricane project that the storm will strike Hawaii's Big Island by next week.

Kiko is currently building in strength in the eastern Pacific Ocean, with local meteorologists now predicting it will become major Category 3 hurricane Wednesday.

The storm has sustained winds of more than 100 mph after reaching hurricane status early Tuesday morning.

The last major hurricane to directly strike Hawaii was Hurricane Iniki in September 1992.

It struck as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 145 mph on September 11, causing an estimated $3 billion in damage.

As forecasters in Hawaii feared, Kiko's path appears to have shifted slightly to the right, taking it towards the US islands and away from turbulent air that would have weakened the hurricane's structure.

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has projected that Kiko will be within 500 miles of Hawaii by late Sunday night.

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[jmyrlefuller]

National Hurricane Center info:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_ep1.shtml?start#contents

[Cyber Liberty]

The path did shift a bit from yesterday, to the South and it looks like a direct hit on the Big Island.  I wonder how strong it will be on landfall?

[berdie]

That would be my luck. I go on a once in a lifetime vacation to Hawaii and a historic hurricane would hit.

Prayers for all.

[Sighlass]

I imagine the resort areas would be safe with building standards being probable some of the highest in the world. The poor native area, not so much.

[Wingnut]

WWOD

What will Oprah do?

[rustynail]

It's The Spaghetti Monster!

[DB]

WWOD

What will Oprah do?

Swallow it.

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Hurricane Kiko nears Category 5 strength as models predict direct hit on Hawaii

Daily Mail
By CHRIS MELORE
4 September 2025



A direct hit by Hurricane Kiko appears almost certain as forecasters now warn that dangerous mudslides, torrential downpours, and flooding will batter Hawaii in days.

The Category 4 hurricane has been barreling towards the Hawaiian Islands this week and is now projected to make landfall by Tuesday afternoon local time, roughly 8pm ET.

The latest spaghetti models of the hurricane have converged on the islands, with most tracks now predicting the major storm will hit the northeastern side of Hawaii's Big Island before moving over Maui, Molokai, and Oahu.

Meteorologists have warned that the heavy rains expected next week will likely trigger flash flooding, road washouts, and potentially deadly landslides in some areas of the state.

Up to eight inches of rain have been forecasted for the eastern and northern regions of the Big Island and northern Maui, which receives between two and three million tourists each year.

Hurricane Kiko strengthened to a Category 4 storm Wednesday night, building sustained wind speeds of 145 mph as it churns in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

However, the storm may soon reach Category 5 status, with sustained winds over 157 mph, according to AccuWeather's lead hurricane expert, Alex DaSilva, who added that the hurricane has entered a region of the Pacific that will continue to fuel it.

If Kiko does not weaken in the coming days, it would become the first major hurricane to directly strike Hawaii since Hurricane Iniki in September 1992.

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