According to updates on September 4 (local time) from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), Hurricane Lowell has strengthened back to Category 4, with sustained winds of about 240 km/h and central pressure of 926 mbar.
By the morning of September 5, the storm center was about 985km south of Lihue city, Hawaii.
The latest forecast shows that Lowell will maintain the intensity of a super typhoon as it approaches the western islands of Hawaii by the end of September 7 and the night of the same day. NWS warns that big waves and heavy rain could affect areas hundreds of kilometers away from the storm center.
Hawaii Governor Josh Green has signed a decree imposing a state of emergency throughout the state, to support preparations and responses to possible impacts from Hurricane Lowell, Hurricane Karina, Tropical Storm Marie and other storms that may affect Hawaii.
Accordingly, state and district agencies need to be flexible in quickly mobilizing human resources, equipment and resources to protect communities on the islands, in the context that Hawaii is still overcoming the consequences of tropical storm Lala.
Mr. Green called on people to proactively prepare and continue to monitor official weather information.
Previously, AFP reported on September 3 that 3 storms were raging simultaneously in the Pacific Ocean. This is a rare phenomenon that scientists believe the cause comes from seawater heated up by an unprecedentedly strong El Nino.
Tropical storm Marie has strengthened into a storm on the night of September 2nd off the coast of Baja California (USA), following 2 storms Karina and Lowell - both classified as Category 4 - moving west, crossing the Pacific Ocean.
