--- title: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio description: Two hurricanes are now taking aim at Hawaii. canonical: https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-06T19:27:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T20:04:09.133Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio og:description: Two hurricanes are now taking aim at Hawaii. og:url: https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64600465108d4179/69869e9dcd804db4dfccc40a/140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio twitter:description: Two hurricanes are now taking aim at Hawaii. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64600465108d4179/69869e9dcd804db4dfccc40a/140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Double Trouble: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (6 Aug 2014) by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Aug 6, 2014 7:27 PM CUT  NBCUniversal/The Weather Channel by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Aug 6, 2014 7:27 PM CUT Two hurricanes are now taking aim at Hawaii. The first, Hurricane Iselle, packed 90 mph wind on Wednesday as it chugged west toward the islands, and forecasters said that while it was expected to weaken, it could still be hurricane strength at landfall on Thursday. The trailing system, Hurricane Julio, was upgraded from a tropical storm. It had winds of 75 mph, just strong enough to make the cut. While it could jog to the north, the projected path still had the storm hitting Hawaii on Sunday night… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/double-trouble-hawaii-braces-hurricanes-iselle-julio-n173756?cid=par-time-article%5F20140806 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/"},"headline":"Double Trouble: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (6 Aug 2014)","datePublished":"2014-08-06T19:27:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:04:09.133Z","description":"Two hurricanes are now taking aim at Hawaii.","url":"https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64600465108d4179/69869e9dcd804db4dfccc40a/140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt64600465108d4179/69869e9dcd804db4dfccc40a/140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"140805-hawaii-storms-jms-2157_8f54299ca46001bbadc7a414d9eeee0c","caption":"","creditText":"NBCUniversal/The Weather Channel","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3087155/hurricane-hawaii-iselle-julio/","name":"Double Trouble: Hawaii Braces for Hurricanes Iselle and Julio (6 Aug 2014)"}}]}] ```