Hilo is the county seat of Hawaiʻi County, the state’s third-largest city outside Oʻahu, and home to UH Hilo, Mauna Loa Macadamia, and the Merrie Monarch Festival.
The National Hurricane Center has warned that wind and rainfall impacts are growing, but exact location and severity remain uncertain. Fausto is roughly 1,300 miles west of Baja California and 1,600 miles east of Hawaii, with winds near 100 mph. Swells are triggering dangerous surf and rip tides in southern California, while Bertha has dissipated after a Gulf Coast impact.