Hurricane Lowell

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Hurricane Lowell was a long-lived and very powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the western Hawaiian Islands, making a direct hit on Ni'ihau and Kauaʻi. Lowell was the first hurricane to directly hit the island of Kauaʻi since Hurricane Iniki in 1992. The fourteenth named storm, fifth hurricane, fourth major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane of the 2026 Pacific hurricane season, Lowell formed on August 27 and reached Category 5 intensity on September 2. In doing so, it became the first Category 5 hurricane in the Central Pacific basin since Hurricane Walaka in 2018. Increasing wind shear and eyewall replacement cycles caused it to weaken to Category 3 status by September 4, but the following day, it rapidly intensified to Category 5 intensity once again. Increasing wind shear caused it to weaken to a Category 2 hurricane by the time it made its direct hit on Kaua'i County, and Lowell became post-tropical by September 11. Lowell's powerful winds damaged structures and knocked...

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