Hawaii may be in for double whammy: Two hurricanes days apart

A pair of hurricanes churning toward Hawaii could bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall and high surf through the Labor Day weekend.

Madeline is forecast to close in on the Big Island late Wednesday local time. It's not clear yet whether the storm will make landfall there, but if it does it would be the first hurricane to do so since accurate records began in 1949, according to the Weather Underground.

As of Wednesday morning, Madeline was a Category 1 storm with winds of 80 mph. It was located 140 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and was moving to the west at 14 mph. A hurricane warning is currently in effect for the Big Island.

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The hurricane is forecast to bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and high surf Wednesday and Thursday for the Big Island, the Central Pacific Hurricane Center said.

Lester, now a major hurricane with winds of 130 mph, is still more than 1,000 miles from Hilo, and could impact the island chain as early as Saturday.