Iselle has reached Hawaii, the first tropical storm to hit the state in 22 years, knocking down trees and causing widespread power cuts.
The weather system is expected to inundate Hawaii with 8in (20cm) of rain, prompting warnings of flash floods and rock and mudslides.
The storm was downgraded from a hurricane on Thursday night, and is packing winds of nearly 60mph (96km).
Following in Iselle's wake is category three Hurricane Julio, with maximum sustained winds of 120mph.
Many supermarket shelves have been stripped bare People have packed emergency shelters on the Big Island, the southernmost of Hawaii's main islands, which is under hurricane warning.
A tropical storm warning has been extended across the rest of the state.
The National Guard is at the ready while airlines have grounded flights.
Some beach-goers in the surfer's paradise have ignored red flag warnings of riptides to plunge into the water as the storm surge generated 20ft (6 metre) waves.
Residents are preparing their homes No deaths or major injuries have been reported so far.
The last time Hawaii was hit with a hurricane or tropical storm was in 1992, when Hurricane Iniki killed six people.
Julio, which is about 1,000 miles behind Iselle, is expected to brush the Big Island on Saturday night or early Sunday.
Authorities have told people to stay indoors, closed all schools and sent employees home from work early.
Residents of the arid Maui island have been getting used to an unusual sight: rain.
Children play with their father on a Honolulu beach on Thursday Iselle has left thousands of people without power, in a state where such outrages are already a common occurrence.
Many supermarket shelves have been picked bare. Spam, the tinned meat which is popular on Hawaii, was in especially short supply.
Roofs were reportedly blown off houses near Hilo on Thursday night.
Sandbags, meanwhile, have been stacked around homes and businesses.
"In 22 years here, I've never seen anything of this magnitude," store owner Tim White told AFP news agency.
As Hawaii prepared for the storms on Thursday, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck, though no injuries were reported.
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