Hurricane Iona has strengthened into a Category 3 storm far southeast of the Hawaiian Islands. The NHC is also tracking more in the Pacific.

Hurricane Iona rapidly intensified into a major Category 3 storm south of Hawai'i, with sustained winds reaching 125 mph. It became the first named storm and hurricane of the Central Pacific ...

The National Hurricane Center gives the latest update on Hurricane Iona and says it is "rapidly weakening" to the south of Hawaii.

The Central Pacific Hurricane Basin saw a surprising uptick in storms in late July from both major Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli.

Hurricane Iona is the first named storm of the hurricane season in the central Pacific and emerged Sunday from a tropical depression. It continues to trek west over warm, open waters.

Hurricane Iona strengthened into a Category 3 storm hundreds of miles southeast of Honolulu late Monday night local time, as Tropical Storm Keli follows on Iona's heels several hundred miles to ...