VAUSE: Hawaii is braced for a powerful hurricane that's closing in on the island. Hurricane Lane is now a Category 4 with the same winds of 250 kilometers an hour. The</s>PEDRAM JAVAHERI, CNN INTERNATIONAL METEOROLOGIST: It does, absolutely. You know, it's rather unusual too, John, as I'm sure you're aware when it comes to hurricanes coming into this close proximity to the Hawaiian Island of this magnitude, specially -- Look at this satellite imagery from space of laying over the past several hours. As impressive as they come, when you talk about organizations, symmetry, and, of course, sheer strength of this single storm. And then you look at weather history here, across the Hawaiian Islands, only two hurricanes have ever made landfall across the island, that was Iniki in '92, Dot in '59. Guess where they both crossed? Right there, across Hawaii. And of course, we know this system headed towards the north and the west, so we're going to watch that carefully here. And here's what it looks like on satellite imagery, weakened a little bit in the last several hours. The latest update, down to 230 kilometers per hour, still a healthy Category 4, still gusting over 280, but certainly, the hurricane center is taking us very seriously with hurricane warnings just about across every single island. But we do know for sure it will head to the north and then make a sharp turn towards the west. That's pretty much the only area of certainty in the forecast. We know it will weaken, but the timing on when it makes that turn is critical. And as John said, of course, this happens, I'd say a few hours later, and that could be a severe impact across portions of</s>VAUSE: First, it was the volcano. Now, it's the hurricane, Pedram, thank you. Yes, OK. And thank you for watching CNN NEWSROOM, live from Los Angeles. I'm John Vause. Stay with us. "WORLD SPORT" is next. You're watching CNN.
Powerful Hurricane Closing in on Hawaii.