A major hurricane is churning in the Pacific Ocean several hundred miles away from Hawaii. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tuesday that Hurricane Iona is one of two major weather systems in the ocean but poses no threat to the islands.

A new tropical depression formed to the south of the Hawaiian Islands on Sunday, and forecasters say it will likely become a tropical storm in the coming days. FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari breaks down the latest forecast on.