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Hawaii and Hurricanes

  • January 25, 2015
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Hawaii gets fewer hurricanes than Caribbean islands do, partly because storms pick up energy from warmer waters, and the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii is cooler than the Caribbean Sea is. But big cyclones do strike the 50th state: In 2014, Iselle was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Big Island since 1958. (Sergiy N. / Shutterstock)

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