Devastating Hawaii Kona Storms Cause Estimated $1B in Losses

Hawaii’s multi-day storm event last month resulted in swaths of heavy rain totaling up to 25 inches in some areas, according to analysis by Marsh’s Guy Carpenter. Subtropical weather systems, known as Kona lows, siphoned moisture from the tropics, fueling slow-moving thunderstorms with torrential, destructive rains, according to a NASA summary of the weather event. … Continued