Global warming will intensify landfalling tropical cyclones of category three or higher in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, while suppressing the formation of weaker events.
Forecasters predict this season will have a 70 percent chance of being a higher than normal season with the likelihood of five to eight tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific.
UH Maui College and the UH Maui College education centers on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi and in Lahaina and Hāna will reopen Thursday, September 13 following the closures due to Tropical Storm Olivia.