Iona became the first named storm of the 2025 hurricane season in the Central Pacific on Sunday evening local time. The storm was over the ocean southeast of Hawaii, with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour.

H urricane Iona has rapidly strengthened in the Pacific Ocean well south of Hawaii, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). It marks the first hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean this year.

Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward for the next couple of days and stay far south of the Hawaiian Islands, forecasters said.