Iona strengthens into major hurricane south of Hawaii
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The Weather Channel on MSNHurricane Iona, Tropical Storm Keli Develop As Activity Bursts In Central PacificThe least active tropical basin watched by NOAA suddenly has several systems being watched, but none threaten Hawaii.
In the Pacific, forecasters are watching five systems, including Hurricane Iona and Tropical Storm Keli. Iona has strengthened into a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 mph about 790 miles south-southeast of Honolulu, Hawaii.
HONOLULU – 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 its east in the Central Pacific Ocean.
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