Olivia aiming for the islands

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Hurricane Olivia remains on track to reach the Hawaiian Islands by the middle of next week.

The category 1 cyclone had maximum sustained winds of 85 mph and was moving west at 15 mph on Saturday morning, according to the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

It is forecast to reach Hawaii on Wednesday morning as a tropical storm. Where it will strike remains to be seen, but at least one model shows it hitting the Big Island.

Tropical storms have maximum sustained winds of between 39 and 73 mph.