Two hurricanes are spinning in the Pacific Ocean, with Hurricane Kiko more than 1,500 miles east of Hawaii and Hurricane Lorena potentially set to cause flooding in northwestern Mexico.
Kiko was centered about 1,560 miles east of Hilo, Hawaii, as of the 11 p.m. ET advisory from the National Hurricane Center on Sept. 3. Kiko had maximum sustained winds near 145 mph with higher gusts, making it a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Hurricane center forecasters said little further strengthening is expected. The storm is expected to move westward through Thursday, Sept. 4, and then begin a turn toward the west-northwest.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center of the storm, and tropical storm-force winds extend outward up to 80 miles.
At this point, the hurricane center is projecting no impacts to land over the next several days, but Kiko is forecast to remain a hurricane through at least Monday, Sept. 8.
