Category 3 Nolo Threatens Remote Pacific Atolls

Sam Okafor · 2026-10-04T00:20:33.307Z

Those atolls in the monument are already fragile ecosystems, hope the surf doesn't wipe out too much nesting habitat.

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Live storm radar — Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Pacific Ocean

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Hurricane Nolo re-intensified into a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph as it moved west across the Pacific, south of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A tropical storm warning covered part of the remote Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, where forecasters warned that surf could inundate some low-lying atolls; no populated islands were expected to be threatened. Nolo, which had weakened after passing near Hawaii and later regained hurricane strength, was forecast to cross the International Date Line on Sunday.

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Those atolls in the monument are already fragile ecosystems, hope the surf doesn't wipe out too much nesting habitat.

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