(SSHS*) |
Maximum Wind Speed1: |
155 mph (135knots, 70m/s) |
@ landfall |
130mph (115knots, 60m/s) |
Minimum Central Pressure (Po)1: |
938 millibars (27.70 in Hg) |
@ landfall |
950 millibars (28.05 in Hg) |
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On September 5th Hurricane Iniki formed as a tropical depression over warm waters about 1600 miles southwest of Baja California. Intensifying, it crossed into the central Pacific on the morning of September 6th. On September 7th it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Iniki and on the 8th, when it was 470 miles southeast of Hilo, Hawai`I, it was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane.
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HURSAT TROPICAL CYCLONE MOVIE
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Most Intense and Costliest Hurricanes of the 1990s in the United States
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HURRICANE |
YEAR |
PRESSURE |
| 1 |
Andrew |
1992 |
922 mb |
| 2 |
Opal |
1995 |
942 mb |
| 3 |
Iniki |
1992 |
950 mb |
| 4 |
Bret |
1999 |
951 mb |
| 5 |
Fran |
1996 |
954 mb |
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Source: "The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones From 1851 to 2006", by Eric S. Blake, Edward N. Rappaport, and Christopher W. Landsea, National Hurricane Center. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/Deadliest_Costliest.shtml
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HURRICANE |
YEAR |
AREA OF IMPACT |
COST(*) |
| 1 |
Andrew |
1992 |
Florida, Louisiana |
$26,500 |
| 2 |
Floyd |
1999 |
Mid-Atlantic and Northeast U.S |
$4,500 |
| 3 |
Fran |
1996 |
North Carolina |
$3,200 |
| 4 |
Opal |
1995 |
Florida, Alabama |
$3,000 |
| 5 |
Georges |
1998 |
U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama |
$2,955 |
| 6 |
Iniki |
1992 |
Hawaii |
$1,800 |
| 7 |
Bob |
1991 |
North Carolina, Northeast U.S |
$1,500 |
| 8 |
Marilyn |
1995 |
U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico |
$1,500 |
| 9 |
Bonnie |
1998 |
North Carolina, Virginia |
$720 |
| 10 |
Erin |
1998 |
Florida |
$700 |
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(*) cost in millions of dollars unadjusted for inflation
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STATION SUMMARIES - IMPACTS
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