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Kiko formed off the coast of southern Mexico from a tropical wave. It became a tropical storm on Aug. 31, making it the eleventh named storm of the eastern Pacific hurricane season. Kiko intensified ...

Kiko mostly bypassed the Hawaiian islands with its fiercest winds, as so many storms have before, and will instead fade off into the Pacific Ocean over the vast western end of the island chain that ...

HONOLULU – Residents in Hawaii can breathe a sigh of relief after what was once major Hurricane Kiko finally fizzled out north of the island chain on Wednesday. Kiko had been downgraded from a ...

As of early Monday evening, Hurricane Kiko was a Category 1 hurricane, losing intensity but gaining in both size and forward speed. The cyclone should be a tropical storm today and is forecast to pass ...

Former Hurricane Kiko, now a tropical storm as it passes north of the Hawaiian Islands on Sept. 9, avoided a direct hit to land but is still churning up life-threatening rip tides and surf conditions, ...

When Justin D’Olier moved from Hawai’i to California in 2013, he never imagined he’d end up working for Kō Hana Distillers, a celebrated rum producer on his native island of O’ahu. With a new ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Hurricanes have been known to hit Hawaii in the past, but direct hits are relatively rare. This week, Hurricane Kiko is expected to pass more than 100 miles north of the ...

Portland State: Bruce Barnum (Eastern Washington, 1987) • PSU Record: 38-67/11th year • Big Sky Record: 28-44 • vs. UH: 0-1 Hawai'i: Timmy Chang (Hawai'i, 2009) • UH Record: 15-26/4th year • vs.

Hurricane Kiko remained a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, Sept. 8, continuing on a path forecast to skirt the north side of the Hawaiian Islands with the potential to cause life-threatening surf and ...