Upon its formation, the depression had a ragged area of convection, and the National Hurricane Center anticipated minimal strengthening over the subsequent few days. On September 5, Tropical Depression Eighteen-E developed from the wave, located about 1700 miles (2700 km) southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, or 1550 miles (2500 km) east-southeast of Hilo. It moved westward across northern South America and later Central America, centering the eastern Pacific Ocean on August 28. The origin of Iniki is unclear, but it possibly began as a tropical wave that exited the west African coast on August 18. Though not directly in the path of the eye, Oʻahu experienced moderate damage from wind and storm surge.Įxtratropical cyclone / Remnant low / Tropical disturbance / Monsoon depression Damage was greatest on Kauaʻi, where the hurricane destroyed more than 1,400 houses and severely damaged more than 5,000. Despite the lack of early warning, only six deaths ensued. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) failed to issue tropical cyclone warnings and watches 24 hours in advance. The storm struck just 18 days after Hurricane Andrew, the costliest tropical cyclone ever at the time, struck Florida. At the time, Iniki was the third-costliest United States hurricane. Iniki caused around $3.1 billion (1992 USD) in damage and six deaths, making it the costliest natural disaster on record in the state. Iniki dissipated on September 13 about halfway between Hawaii and Alaska. It was the first hurricane to hit the state since Hurricane Iwa in the 1982 season, and the first major hurricane since Hurricane Dot in 1959. It had recorded wind gusts of 225 mph (360 km/h) as evidenced by an anemometer that was found blown into the forest during clean up. After turning north, Iniki struck the island of Kauaʻi on September 11 at peak intensity it had winds of 145 mph and reached Category 4 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale. It attained tropical storm status on September 8 and further intensified into a hurricane the next day. Forming on September 5, 1992, during the strong 1990–1995 El Niño, Iniki was one of eleven Central Pacific tropical cyclones during that season. Hurricane Iniki ( / iː ˈ n iː k iː/ ee- NEE-kee Hawaiian: ʻiniki meaning "strong and piercing wind") was the most powerful hurricane to strike the U.S. Part of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season $3.1 billion (1992 USD) (Second-costliest Pacific hurricane on record) Once it makes landfall in the U.S., heavy rainfall is expected all the way into the southern Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic states, leading to rainfall of 2-4 inches generally, with some areas seeing 6 inches of rain, which could lead to flooding.Hurricane Iniki at peak intensity just south of KauaʻI on September 11 Zeta should weaken while it's over land, but is likely to strengthen once it's back over the Gulf of Mexico.
The hurricane could strengthen before the center crosses the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Monday night, NHC forecasters Richard Pasch said. It's slowly moving northwest at about 10 mph, but its speed is set to increase over the next day or so, at which point it is forecast to turn north on Tuesday night. Hurricane Zeta is the 11th hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, and was about 90 miles from Mexico on Monday afternoon, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Louisiana has had a cumulative of THREE WEEKS in the cone this year!Īnd now we have TD 28 tracking toward the same area. Here's a map of the amount of time spent in the 5-day NHC forecast cones so far in 2020. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and National Guard have people on the ground ready to help once the storm hits, he said. "The good thing, and the bad thing at the same time, is we've had a lot of practice this year" dealing with storms, Edwards said. The storm is currently expected to bring 2-4 inches of rain across southeast Louisiana, but the greatest threat will come from high winds, Edwards said Monday. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency in advance of the hurricane. (A few other storms have crossed into Louisiana after making landfall in other states.) If it does so, it would be the fifth named storm to make landfall in the state during a single year - the highest number since the state started keeping records in 1851, state climatologist Barry Keim told The Times-Picayune. Louisiana is directly in the path of Hurricane Zeta, which is expected to make landfall there on Wednesday night.
Zeta has officially strengthened into a hurricane, and is predicted to make landfall late Monday on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula before setting its sights on the U.S. Hurricane Zeta is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday night.×
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