Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression in the Eastern Pacific has turned into the first tropical storm of the season.

With the arrival of the hurricane season, city leaders here in the islands put the focus on you as they draw up a new disaster plan.

A Waianae woman is among those stranded in New York.  She was set to perform on Broadway and now the show is cancelled.  And she doesn't know when she'll be able to return home.

Hawaii residents and expatriates in New York are feeling the effects of superstorm Sandy.  They shared with us what they've been seeing throughout Monday afternoon and evening.

The KITV4 News Weather Team is helping you to get ready for a disaster in the 2012 hurricane season.

20 years ago on this date, Hurricane Iniki ripped through Kauai and changed its landscape forever.

Two decades after Iniki hit Kauai, forecasting is more accurate, but the push remains to get residents prepared.

On Sept. 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki passed over the island of Kauai with sustained 130 mph winds, 3-to-6-inch rainfall counts, and 30-foot surf, according to the Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons, and Cyclones.

Tuesday marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Iniki and are we any better off in forecasting potentially deadly storms?

The city's Department of Emergency Management, American Red Cross, the University of Hawaii Sea Grant and NOAA Coastal Storms Program are teaming up to offer a free Oahu public disaster preparedness fair to assist Hawaii’s communities plan and prepare for natural hazards.