KAUAI, (HawaiiNewsNow) - Monday marks 25 years since Iniki pummeled Kauai. On Sept. 11, 1992, the Category 4 hurricane devastated everything in her path, with catastrophic winds, storm surge, and ...

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 ...

On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki – also a Category 4 storm – passed north directly through Kauai, causing about $3 billion in damage, killing several people and knocking out power for ...

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 ...

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.

The bougainvillea is back, and so are the sugar-cane fields, the fragrant hibiscus and the ferns feathering the roadsides of Kauai. The famed eucalyptus tunnel on Highway 50 also still impresses.

The grand opening of the recently rehabilitated Nitta’s Corner in Kekaha, Kauai, will be held Dec. 15. Above, remnants of the store after Hurricane Iniki destroyed the main building in 1992. 2/3 ...

The rare storm, which reached Category 5 Tuesday before dropping back to a Category 4 Wednesday, is the closest a Category 5 hurricane has ever gotten to Hawaii.