Lives and property will remain in significant peril across Hawaii as Hurricane Lane will continue to unload feet of rain, strong wind gusts and dangerous surf into this weekend. Lane has the potential to be the single-costliest hurricane in recorded history of Hawaii and may end up causing the most expensive hurricane damage in all of the United States for the 2018 hurricane season, according to AccuWeather President and Founder Dr. Joel N. Myers.
Hurricane Iniki caused just over $3 billion in damage to Hawaii in September 1992, which would be about $5 billion in today’s dollars, according to Myers. “Lane could potentially cause in excess of $10 billion in damage due to its forecast impacts as well as the increase in population, property, property value and infrastructure on the Hawaiian Islands since then,” Myers said. The damage from Hurricane Lane will be mainly from flooding, high tides and beach erosion rather than wind. READ MORE
