Hurricane Polo Approaches Mexico, Threatens 'Severe' Damage
Authorities opened 169 shelters and deployed nearly 7,000 troops as Polo threatened life-threatening winds, flooding and coastal damage on Mexico’s Pacific coast.
- On Monday, September 28, Category 3 Hurricane Polo neared the Baja California Peninsula with sustained winds of 115 mph, prompting Mexican authorities to activate emergency protocols as the storm threatened imminent landfall.
- The National Hurricane Center warned of "life-threatening winds and flash flooding," prompting the military to deploy nearly 7,000 troops across Baja California Sur as a 'Super El Nino' intensified the 2026 hurricane season.
- Authorities opened 169 shelters across Baja California Sur and suspended schools and government work through September 29, while resident Margarita Diaz of Puerto San Carlos said, "It will be tough, but I have faith in God."
- Laura Velazquez, National Coordinator of Civil Protection, ordered suspension of all maritime activities and beach access, urging residents in risk areas to avoid streets and seek shelter immediately.
- The storm is forecast to cross the Gulf of California and make a second landfall in southern Sonora late Monday or early Tuesday, with rapid weakening expected after moving across rugged terrain.
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Wind whips Mexico’s northern Pacific coast, and some streets flood as Hurricane Polo bears down
Wind is whipping Mexico’s northern Pacific coast and water has started to flood some streets as Hurricane Polo bears down on Baja California Sur. The hurricane Monday is threatening flash floods and mudslides. In the fishing town of Puerto San…
The meteor will unload its heavy winds and torrential rains in the state of Baja California. The municipalities of Comondu, Loreto and Mulegé are in the area of greatest risk.
Flooding, power cuts and evacuations as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico
The Category 3 storm is the first hurricane of this year's season that will make landfall, turbo-charged by the El Nino weather phenomenon which has caused unprecedented warming in the equatorial Pacific. Polo was on the cusp of tearing across the south of Baja California with heavy rain and hurricane-force winds, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Mexican authorities ordered residents to take shelter. Strong winds churned the sea and …
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Free Malaysia Today NewsFlooding, power cuts as Hurricane Polo slams Mexico
The Category 3 storm is the first hurricane of 2026’s season to make landfall. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Residents of the Mexican state of Baja California South protected their homes and workers moved land and rubble to reinforce dams while Hurricane Polo fell on the peninsula Monday, with the threat of strong winds, floods and landslides.
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