Hurricane Paine (1998)

Hurricane Paine, also known as Typhoon Howard, was an extremely intense East and West Pacific storm that formed during the 1998 Pacific Typhoon Season. Paine was the first storm to cross into the Western Pacific basin since John in 1992.

Formation
On November 19, a tropical wave developed off the coast of Mexico. Two days later, it intensified into Tropical Storm Paine. Paine moved westward, and slowly intensified over the coming days. Later that week, Paine peaked as an EPAC storm as a low-end category 3 hurricane. Paine then made landfall in Hawaii as a category 4 hurricane, causing 303 fatalities. Paine would then cross over into the West Pacific basin, gaining peak intensity at category 5. Paine re-curved out to see and dissipated east of Vladivostok on December 24, 1998.

Due to the deaths and damage caused by Paine, the name was later retired and replaced by Pernille for the 2004 hurricane season.