A pair of tropical storms may bring intense rainfall across portions of the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii in the coming days as they approach land.

Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena, the latter of which was downgraded from a hurricane on Thursday, are two separate weather systems simultaneously moving through the Pacific Ocean, though in different directions.

Hurricane Kiko, which is moving toward Hawaii, intensified into a Category 4 storm on Wednesday. It was measuring maximum sustained winds of 130 mph as of Thursday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Meteorologists say it is still too early to discern exactly when the storm will reach the islands—or if it will make landfall at all—though it is currently forecast to reach the state some time early-to-

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