A major hurricane was churning across the Pacific Ocean but was several hundred miles south-southeast of Hawaii and posed no threat to the islands, forecasters said Tuesday. Hurricane Iona is one of two major weather systems in the central Pacific Ocean.

Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward and does not pose any land threat to the Hawaiian Islands, forecasters said.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hurricane Iona has started to weaken rapidly as it moves westward, well south of Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Keli is hanging on in intensity as a weak tropical storm to the southeast of the state.