Back-to-Back Hurricanes: Hawaii Could Face Gilma Less Than a Week After Hone

The Hawaiian Islands could face back-to-back storms as the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasts Hurricane Gilma to arrive within striking distance by Labor Day Weekend—less than one week after Hurricane Hone. Ian Morrison, the forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Honolulu office, told The Epoch Times that “it’s not unprecedented” to see storms come five days apart when “the East Pacific gets active with generating storm after storm,” but it is not a yearly occurrence. Pacific hurricanes tend to form in the eastern Pacific off the coast of Mexico and travel westward, he said. There are currently three named storms in the Pacific, with Tropical Storm Hector following behind Gilma....