--- title: Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten Rain, Flooding description: The storms may bring intense rainfall across portions of the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii in the coming days. canonical: https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/ author: Solcyré Burga article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-09-04T20:42:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-11T00:13:02.934Z article:section: Climate og:title: Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten Rain, Flooding og:description: The storms may bring intense rainfall across portions of the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii in the coming days. og:url: https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13604c7d81ebc97b/6998c98983ec37155fc7ae8b/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tropical Weather og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten Rain, Flooding twitter:description: The storms may bring intense rainfall across portions of the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii in the coming days. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13604c7d81ebc97b/6998c98983ec37155fc7ae8b/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten to Bring Heavy Rain and Flooding to Parts of the U.S.: What to Know  by [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/)  ## Solcyré Burga Reporter Sep 4, 2025 8:42 PM UTC  This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 at 6 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Lorena, upper right, off Mexico's western coast, and Hurricane Kiko, left, in open waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean. This GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 at 6 p.m. EDT and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Lorena, upper right, off Mexico's western coast, and Hurricane Kiko, left, in open waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean.NOAA/AP  by [Solcyré Burga](https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/)  ## Solcyré Burga Reporter Sep 4, 2025 8:42 PM UTC 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](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics%5Fep1+shtml/022038.shtml?wwCone) (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-mid next week. Kiko is still more than 1,000 miles away from Honolulu and has slightly weakened since late Wednesday, though the storm could become stronger. Meteorologists have not yet issued any watches or warnings due to the hurricane. “If Kiko continues toward Hawaii, even as a less intense tropical storm, it could still bring significant wind and rain to the islands next week,” [AccuWeather](https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/hurricane-kiko-to-impact-hawaii-with-wind-rain-before-mid-september/1812163) hurricane expert Alex DaSilva said. Another AccuWeather meteorologist, Tyler Roys, said rainfall of as much as four to eight inches is possible in the eastern and northern Big Island and northern Maui from mid-to-late next week, an amount that could potentially lead to flash flooding or mudslides. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Lorena is forecast to make landfall [much sooner](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics%5Fep2+shtml/041742.shtml?key%5Fmessages#contents), bringing heavy rainfall across Mexico through Friday. “This will increase the risk of life-threatening flash floods and mudslides across northwest Mexico,” a Thursday advisory from the NHC [says](https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics%5Fep2+shtml/041742.shtml?key%5Fmessages#contents). The storm’s impact is also expected to reach the southwestern U.S. Arizona and New Mexico in particular are forecast to experience heavy rainfall through Saturday, per the NHC. However, AccuWeather [warned](https://www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane/mexico-braces-for-hurricane-lorena-as-flooding-rain-may-spread-into-southwestern-us/1812013) the storm’s effects could be much more widespread, causing rain as far as Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma and potentially resulting in flash flooding in those states as a front is expected to drift over the Plains and bring rain and thunderstorms at the same time Lorena may arrive. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/"},"headline":"Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten to Bring Heavy Rain and Flooding to Parts of the U.S.: What to Know","datePublished":"2025-09-04T20:42:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-11T00:13:02.934Z","description":"The storms may bring intense rainfall across portions of the southwestern U.S. and Hawaii in the coming days.","url":"https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/","keywords":["extreme weather","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13604c7d81ebc97b/6998c98983ec37155fc7ae8b/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Solcyré Burga","jobTitle":"Reporter","url":"https://time.com/author/solcyre-burga/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt13604c7d81ebc97b/6998c98983ec37155fc7ae8b/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Tropical Weather","caption":"Tropical Weather","creditText":"NOAA/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/extreme-weather/","name":"extreme weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7314697/hurricane-kiko-tropical-storm-lorena-flood-risk/","name":"Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena Threaten to Bring Heavy Rain and Flooding to Parts of the U.S.: What to Know"}}]}] ```