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.

The least active tropical basin watched by NOAA suddenly has several systems being watched, but none threaten Hawaii.

Hurricane Iona continues to gain strength well south of Hawaii. It poses no immediate threat, but forecasters are monitoring closely.