Very Rare

Since 1950, two hurricanes, including Iniki, have hit Hawaii. Here, "hit" means the storm's center came ashore on one of the islands. Others have come close enough to bring 74 mph "hurricane force" winds and to cause serious damage and to kill a few people.

Also, a few tropical storms and hurricane form south of Hawaii and head north toward the islands.

In fact, Hawaii's most devastating storm, Iniki in 1992, came from the south to pass directly over the Island of Kauai on Sept. 10-11, 1992 killing six people and doing $2.3 billion damage.

My mother was there in 1992, was pretty bad
Source(s):
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/hurricane/2003-09-01-hawaii-hurricnes_x.htm

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