Hurricane Fausto Threatens Hawaii With 100-mph Winds as 5%-10% Wind Risk Reaches Islands
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Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 25
Hurricane Fausto Threatens Hawaii With 100-mph Winds as 5%-10% Wind Risk Reaches Islands
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 25
Summary
Fausto was about 1,300 miles east of Hilo on July 25 with 100 mph winds, and forecasters put Maui, Molokai, Oahu and Kauai inside its forecast cone.
Sunday swells are expected to hit Hawaii before the storm center arrives, bringing higher surf and dangerous rip currents even as Fausto weakens and is forecast to become a tropical storm by July 27.
Monday night is the earliest Hawaii could see damaging winds and heavy rain if the track shifts farther south; current odds of tropical-storm-force winds on the islands are 5% to 10%.
Three Pacific systems are now under watch, with Tropical Storm Genevieve already formed and forecast to become a major hurricane by July 27 as El Niño supports an above-normal season.