Hurricane Iona, Tropical Storm Keli
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Hurricane Iona rapidly strengthened overnight into a Category 3 hurricane well south of the Hawaiian Islands and is expected to reach Category 4 intensity later today, forecasters said.
Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward and does not pose any land threat to the Hawaiian Islands, forecasters said.
The Central Pacific records its strongest hurricane in almost two years and two concurrent named storms for the first time in a decade.
The least active tropical basin watched by NOAA suddenly has several systems being watched, but none threaten Hawaii.