“We’ve looked through our records, and we do not see a similar event in recent history,” National Weather Service Meteorologist Jordan Gerth told BuzzFeed.
An infrared satellite image taken Tuesday afternoon shows Hurricane Iselle and Tropical Storm Julio in the Pacific Obean, east of Hawaii.
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Heavy rain, flash flooding, and high surf is expected in Hawaii beginning on Thursday as the first of two tropical cyclones approaches the state, the National Weather Service said.
Two storms impacting the Hawaiian Islands — one after another — is unprecedented in recent history, Meteorologist Jordan Gerth, who works with the National Weather Service in Honolulu, told BuzzFeed.
"We see the side-by-side storms in the Central Pacific Basin," said Gerth. "But what makes both these storms unusual is that we haven't seen them headed towards the Hawaiian Islands."
Hurricane Iselle, currently 955 miles ESE of Hilo, is expected to make landfall on the Big Island as a tropical storm late Thursday. Iselle will gradually weaken as it moves west, away from the rest of the island chain.
The abundant moisture from Iselle will cause heavy rains of up to 8 inches and create high chances for flash flooding on Thursday and Friday across the entire state. Strong winds reaching 45 to 65 mph are expected, as well as coastal inundation and surf reaching heights of 10 to 20 feet.
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