It crossed over the northwestern Hawaiian islands as a minimal hurricane, and dissipated on the 8th.

This name was used in chants of Ancient Hawaii, perhaps referring to the area now known as French Frigate Shoals, or the northwestern islands in general.

Schütz conjectured that a t-dialect existed in the northwestern islands, and a k-dialect in the southeastern islands.

On August 13, 2004, the county was struck by Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, particularly on the northwestern islands of Captiva, Gasparilla and North Captiva.

In the Bahamas, officials issued a hurricane warning for the northwestern and central islands, which the storm was expected to approach by Monday morning.

She arrived for medical treatment only on Monday on the northwestern Malaysian island of Penang, The Associated Press reported, after crying throughout the three days since her rescue.

The northwestern islands are associated with Kāne Milohai in Hawaiian mythology.

Upon the formation of a depression, the government of the Bahamas issued a tropical storm watch for northwestern islands of the nation.

On September 3, the hurricane watch was extended to include the northern Bahamas and a hurricane warning was declared for the northwestern islands.

Although the WWII military bases in the northwestern islands were closed, minimal human activities can be enough to disturb the species.