Two
hurricanes on
course for
historic encounter with Big
Island of Hawaii
The Big
Island of
Hawaii is facing a serious threat from **t one but two powerful hurricanes, either of which could become the first such storm to make landfall there since records began in 1949.
If both storms —
hurricanes Madeline and Lester — were to make landfall on the Big Island, it would be even more astounding compared to the island's hurricane history. However, this scenario currently appears unlikely.
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On satellite images and computer model simulations, the two storms are forming what appears to be a giant grimace in the Central Pacific,
with the Intertropical Convergence Zone as the mouth.*
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