It looks like a direct hit. Hurricane iselle slamming into hawaii, bringing high winds and high surf. Heres the live look from hilo bay on the big island. And while power is on here, thousands of people are sitting in the dark tonight. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. The storm is just moments from landfall. Spencer christian is tracking hurricane iselle and hurricane julio with live doppler 7 hd. Spencer . The last official word is that landfall is imminent with hurricane iselle bearing down on the big island of hawaii right now. Its a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at about 75 Miles Per Hour with gusts to 85. And you can see its position in the eye just about there on the big island. Meanwhile, hurricane julio, a category 3, is not far behind. Lets track iselle first because this is the storm were concerned about right now. Again, just beginning to make landfall on the big island. It will pass over the island out to sea tomorrow moving due west south
Big island. Meanwhile, hurricane julio, a category 3, is not far behind. Lets track iselle first because this is the storm were concerned about right now. Again, just beginning to make landfall on the big island. It will pass over the island out to sea tomorrow moving due west south of the remaining chain of islands. But then julio comes behind, and thatll be either category 1 hurricane or a Strong Tropical Storm as it passes north of the islands over the weekend. If it stays on this track it will have very little effect on the island except for some gusty winds and light rain. But right now were in the island and all the residents and visitors are brafting for the brunt of hurricane iselle. Ama and dan . Thank you, spencer. Right now on the big island of hawaii those beautiful beaches are closed asisll moves in. More than 10,000 Hawaiian Electric light customers on the big island are without power right now. State officials have opened shelters on every island, but at least one of tho
It looks like a direct hit. Hurricane iselle slamming into hawaii, bringing high winds and high surf. Heres the live look from hilo bay on the big island. And while power is on here, thousands of people are sitting in the dark tonight. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. The storm is just moments from landfall. Spencer christian is tracking hurricane iselle and hurricane julio with live doppler 7 hd. Spencer . The last official word is that landfall is imminent with hurricane iselle bearing down on the big island of hawaii right now. Its a category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at about 75 Miles Per Hour with gusts to 85. And you can see its position in the eye just about there on the big island. Meanwhile, hurricane julio, a category 3, is not far behind. Lets track iselle first because this is the storm were concerned about right now. Again, just beginning to make landfall on the big island. It will pass over the island out to sea tomorrow moving due west south
Ticket. Reporter hes the acting assistant director of aviation at San Jose International airport. Does the airport have a responsibility to alert the traveling public when Something Like this happens . There are a lot of incidents that happen at the airport that are never intended to become public. Reporter the nbc bay area Investigative Unit was first to confirm Marilyn Hartmans security breach, an odyssey that started around 9 00 monday night, an incident that followed two other successful security breeches by the 62yearold San Francisco resident earlier this year at San Francisco international. Was the aport alerted that she may be coming here . No. Reporter were there any photos of pair lynn you hartman at the Security Locations to say if you see this person, be aware . Not to my knowledge. Reporter and a full 15 hours after officials at san joses airport and the tsa had known about the security breach, including spending several hours reviewing Security Camera video, we now know d
Blow. Heavy winds expected throughout the island. We have Team Coverage now. Tim heller is in the Weather Center but we begin with jana katsuyama, youve been talking to a former bay area resident now living on the big island. Reporter weve been talking to people on the ground all day long. He tells me some tourists have already checked into shelters as the island shifts to emergency mode. Winds rip through the big island. In hilo people boarded up businesses trying to avoid damage from wind or flying debris. American red cross shelters are filling up with tourists who will have to spend the night after some hilo hotels were evacuated. Stores in kona had empty shelves as people bought out supplies. Gasoline is our big seller. Weve probably been pumping two to three times what we normally pump. Reporter other islands are also on emergency mode. These men in maui putting up one last line of sandbags. Schools, hospitals, clinics are closed and have a shelter in place. The white house says