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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Iniki in Hawaii (FIA-23) Text Version

On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki struck the island of Kauai, Hawaii. With wind speeds exceeding those of Hurricanes Iwa (1982) and Dot (1959), Iniki was the strongest and most destructive hurricane to strike the Hawaiian Islands in recent memory. The MATinvestigated primary structural systems (i.e., systems in a building that resist lateral and vertical forces).

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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Iniki in Hawaii (FIA-23)

On September 11, 1992, Hurricane Iniki struck the island of Kauai, Hawaii. With wind speeds exceeding those of Hurricanes Iwa (1982) and Dot (1959), Iniki was the strongest and most destructive hurricane to strike the Hawaiian Islands in recent memory. The MATinvestigated primary structural systems (i.e., systems in a building that resist lateral and vertical forces).