#hurricane hector hilo

Hawai‘i’s 2018 hurricane season, officially ending today, Nov. 30, was among the most active—and destructive—in years. 

As of 5 a.m., Hurricane Hector was located approximately 240 miles south-southeast of Hilo.

Just as the volcano takes a break from its relentless months-long onslaught of earthquakes, fissures, vog, ash and laze-producing ocean entries, another potential hazard approaches.

HI-EMA, local emergency management and civil defense agencies, and federal and state partners continue coordination efforts with the National Weather Service…

A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for Big Island interior, summits, north, east and south, including Kohala and Kona.

With the hazardous Pacific hurricane and storm season upon us, the Hawai‘i Island Humane Society has a few tips to help keep animals safe during and after a storm:

The Pāhoa eruption information meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, has been canceled as Hawai‘i County prepares for Hurricane Hector.

Hurricane Hector will cross into the local region from Tuesday night into Thursday and it remains too early to determine specific impacts on island weather.

Hurricane Hector lost some of its steam overnight and is now expected to cross into the Central Pacific as a powerful Category 3 storm.

Hector became a hurricane overnight in the East Pacific, Big Island Now Meteorologist Malika Dudley reported this morning, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018.