it looks like a direct hit. hurricane iselle slamming into hawaii, bringing high winds and high surf. here s 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. i m dan ashley. and i m 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. it s 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. let s track iselle first because this is the storm we re concerned about right now. again, just beginning to make landfall on the big island. it will pass over the island out to sea tomorrow
it looks like a direct hit. hurricane iselle slamming into hawaii, bringing high winds and high surf. here s 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. i m dan ashley. and i m 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. it s 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. let s track iselle first because this is the storm we re concerned about right now. again, just beginning to make landfall on the big island. it will pass over the island out to sea tomorro
big island. meanwhile, hurricane julio, a category 3, is not far behind. let s track iselle first because this is the storm we re 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 that ll 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 we re 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 as-is ll 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