LIHUE, KAUAI (HawaiiNewsNow) - At 8 a.m. on Sept. 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki reached its peak intensity — and was headed straight for Kauai. The warning sirens started blaring early that morning ...

Once Hurricane Iniki had dissipated, the producer took a ten-mile round trip run to Lihue Airport in order to check on the location’s condition. As she did this, ...

On the day after Hurricane Iniki smashed into Kauai 30 years ago today, then-Mayor JoAnn Yukimura toured the ravaged island in a helicopter with Gov. John Waihee.

LIHUE, Hawaii – The island of Kauai is known for its untouched, natural beauty, but 30 years ago, the most destructive storm in Hawaii’s history, Hurricane Iniki, ravaged the island with 145 ...

Hurricane Iniki caused tremendous damage on Kauai but, fortunately, took very few lives. ... “Along the road to the Lihue airport, there were many, many abandoned rental cars.

KAUAI COUNTY, HAWAII (KITV4) -- Thirty years ago, Hurricane Iniki ravaged the Island of Kauai, destroying more than 1,400 homes and leaving behind $3 billion in damage. There is still damage on ...

On this day in 1992, Hurricane Iniki’s destruction tore through the island of Kauai. It came with winds up to 160 miles per hour and left $1.8 billion of damage ...

Monday marks the 25th anniversary of Hurricane Iniki. On Sept. 11, 1992, the category 4 storm hit, devastating Kauai and causing major damage on Oahu’s Waianae coast. For one resident who lived ...

As a result of Iniki, the number of "visitor rooms" fell from 7,778 in 1992 to 4,631 in 1993. Today, that number has rebounded to 7,202. Similarly, the sharp dip in visitors immediately after Sept ...

Iniki made landfall on Kauai as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 145 mph, becoming just the second hurricane to come ashore on the islands in recorded history. The storm devastated Kauai ...

The rarity of the situation and the long lull between these storms and Iniki, ... Damage to the Lihue Airport on Kauaʻi after Hurricane Iniki hit Hawaii as a Category 4 storm in 1992.

PHOTOS: 28 years ago, Hurricane Iniki devastated Kauai. Even all these years later, ... residents boarded up their windows and thousands of visitors were at Lihue Airport hoping to get off the island.