What was the category of the hurricane that damaged the Hanapepe Town Lot No. 18?
Hanapepe Town Lot No. 18 Hanapepe Town Lot No. 18, in Hanapepe, Kauai, Hawaii, is a building built in 1926 historically remembered as the Pool Hall. It was built as a coffee shop, then later partly used as a radio shop. Although vacant for some time, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. Also listed on the state register, restoration of the building was completed in 2003 after being damaged in Hurricane Iniki.
1931 Atlantic hurricane season The 1931 Atlantic hurricane season ran through the summer and the first half of fall in 1931. The 1931 season was average in terms of tropical cyclone formation, but below average in number of hurricanes. 13 tropical cyclones formed during the year, but only three reached hurricane status, and one reached major hurricane status. The season's only major hurricane, the 1931 Belize hurricane, was a Category 4 hurricane that caused severe devastation in Belize, killing approximately 2,500 people. The other hurricane of the season struck Puerto Rico and mainland Mexico as a Category 1 causing some moderate damage.