Hurricane Karina's swells are expected to reach Southern California, bringing life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.

Hurricane Karina formed in the Pacific on Sunday and strengthened into a major Category 4 storm Monday morning.

Hurricane Karina developed Sunday night in the Pacific Ocean and quickly escalated into a Category 4 storm, feeding off warm waters far offshore.

Hurricane Karina continues to churn across the eastern Pacific on Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm.

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Forecasters say Hurricane Karina has become a major hurricane in the Pacific Ocean, but poses no immediate threat to land

Karina was a Category 4 hurricane in the North Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning Hawaii time, the National Hurricane Center said in its latest advisory. Karina is the 11th named storm to form in the Eastern Pacific in 2026.

The Category 3 hurricane is expected to remain far from land, but it could cause dangerous surf and rip currents in parts of Mexico.

More tropical swell for SoCal/Baja; waves and weather threaten the islands from multiple directions (Sept.3 | Director of Forecasting Kevin Wallis)

Hurricane Karina 2026 rapidly intensified to Category 4 with 140 mph winds in the Eastern Pacific as El Nino simultaneously activated Tropical Storm Lowell and a Gulf of America system that earned a Tropical Storm Warning for the Texas and Louisiana coast,