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

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.

Iona remains a major Category 3 hurricane but is starting to weaken as it continues on a track keeping it well south of Hawaii. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Keli is maintaining is intensity as a weak tropical storm to the southeast of the state.