Hurricane Polo Makes Landfall in Baja California with Forecast of ‘Life-Threatening’ Winds – WTOP News
- On Monday, Hurricane Polo approached the Baja California Peninsula as a Category 3 storm, prompting Mexican authorities to suspend government work and school activities across Baja California Sur.
- The military deployed nearly 7,000 troops across Baja California Sur while officials activated 169 shelters to protect residents from life-threatening winds and flash flooding.
- In Puerto San Carlos, a fishing port of nearly 6,000 people, high tides and pounding surf breached sand barriers as residents boarded up homes and weighed evacuations.
- Packing sustained winds of 115 mph, Polo marks the first hurricane landfall of 2026, intensified by the El Niño phenomenon causing historic equatorial Pacific warming.
- Crossing the Gulf of California, the storm is expected to make a second landfall in Sonora, while its remnants could douse the U.S. Southwest with heavy rainfall later in the week.
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Hurricane Polo makes Baja landfall, headed for a 2nd in Mexico
(NEW YORK) - Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California overnight and is expected to make a second landfall on the mainland of Mexico on Tuesday. Polo slammed the Baja California Peninsula near Las Barrancas as a Category 2 hurricane, packing dangerous winds of 96 [...]
Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Baja California, flooding coastal communities and toppling trees
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California, Mexico, with powerful winds and flash flooding. The Category 2 hurricane struck early Tuesday near Las Barrancas, bringing maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reports Polo is…
Hurricane Polo Brings Flooding, Heavy Rain to Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Internewscast Internewscast Hurricane Polo brought torrential rain, powerful waves and damaging winds to Mexico’s… This Post: Hurricane Polo Brings Flooding, Heavy Rain to Mexico’s Pacific Coast first appeared on Internewscast
Hurricane "Polo" hit land on Tuesday morning on the Pacific coast of Mexico with a force classifying it as a category 3 out of 5.
Polo makes landfall in Mexico as Category 3 hurricane
This year's Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual, as a Super El Niño, an extreme version of a recurring weather pattern, wreaks devastation, in the form of historic droughts and flooding.
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