Yasa upgraded to the highest Category 5 storm early on Wednesday with sustained winds of 160 miles per hour. Forecasters say it will likely make landfall late on Thursday or early Friday between Fiji’s two largest islands of Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. Fiji’s Meteorological Service on Wednesday issued a flash flood alert for all low lying areas and a strong wind warning across the archipelago nation.

Blazes injured two firefighters and burned several homes. The biggest wildfire began late Wednesday in Orange County’s Silverado Canyon and caused officials to order 25,000 people to evacuate, though some of those orders were later lifted. As a precaution, Southern California Edison had cut power to nearly 100,000 homes and businesses to avoid sparking new fires.

More than 40,000 people were in shelters in Nicaragua as the storm swept through the country. After making landfall on Monday as a Category 4 Hurricane, Iota dropped to a tropical storm by midday on Tuesday. The storm passed 25 miles south-southwest of the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa, flooding homes and rivers. Forecasters said Iota would move across parts of southern Honduras and El Salvador before it dissipates later on Wednesday.

Iota ripped off the roof of a makeshift hospital and toppled electricity poles as it made landfall late on Monday in Nicaragua. The Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour hit the coast some 15 miles south of where Hurricane Eta touched down on Nov. 3. Authorities evacuated about 40,000 people to shelters ahead of the storm, while Honduras moved about 80,000 people to safety.

At least four people died in Alexander County, N.C., on Thursday and two others remain missing. Eta struck the Carolinas hours after passing through north Florida. Officials reported another child drowned in Rolesville, north of Raleigh. Sandy LaCourte, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Greenville, S.C., said at least one bridge collapsed in the state as Eta triggered flash flooding and road closures. The storm killed at least one person in Florida.

The storm briefly regained hurricane status over the Gulf of Mexico. But Eta again weakened to a tropical storm on Wednesday afternoon off Florida’s southwestern coast with maximum sustained winds of about 70 mph.

Rescue workers aided residents stranded on rooftops across northeast Philippines on Thursday. Typhoon Vamco made landfall north of the capital city of Manila on Wednesday night, submerging homes and knocking out power. Disaster officials said at least two people died and four others remained missing.