Category 5 Hurricane Polo threatens Mexico’s coast, landfall expected Monday
Forecasters said the storm could bring 4 to 10 inches of rain, life-threatening flooding and mudslides as it nears the peninsula.
- On Saturday, Hurricane Polo moved away from Mexico's Pacific coast after regaining Category 5 strength, with forecasters expecting the storm to make landfall in Baja California Sur on Monday.
- Polo underwent extreme rapid intensification between Monday and Tuesday, with wind speeds increasing by 58 mph in 24 hours, driven by unusually strong Pacific conditions enabling storm formation.
- Reaching 180 mph on Friday, Polo became the second-strongest Eastern Pacific hurricane on record behind 2015's Hurricane Patricia; maximum sustained winds were near 160 mph on Saturday morning.
- The National Hurricane Center warned of up to 10 inches of rain, cautioning that precipitation 'may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain.'
- Following the initial landfall, the system is expected to weaken to a Category 1 hurricane before making a second landfall along the coast of mainland northwestern Mexico, affecting Sinaloa and Sonora.
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Hurricane Polo Regains Category 5 Strength as Baja California Sur Faces Possible Monday Landfall
نُشر هذا المقال أولاً عبر Cedarnews.net. لمتابعة المزيد من الأخبار والتقارير الحصرية، زورونا على موقعنا. Hurricane Polo has regained Category 5 strength over the eastern Pacific as forecasters track the powerful storm toward a possible landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Monday. The hurricane was moving northwest Saturday with maximum sustained winds near 160 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center. Baja California Sur in Forecas…
Category 5 Hurricane Polo threatens Mexico’s coast, landfall expected Monday
Hurricane Polo moved away from Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday after it regained the highest Category 5 strength, before an expected return to make landfall in Baja California Sur on Monday, forecasters said.
Hurricane Polo, an extremely powerful Category 5 storm, swirls off Mexico's Pacific coast. See its path.
Hurricane Polo regained Category 5 status as its intensity fluctuated off Mexico's southwestern coast. The storm was expected to start slowly weakening by the weekend, the hurricane center said.
Hurricane Polo would land in Baja California Sur on the morning of next Monday, September 28 as category 2, according to the forecast of the National Weather Service (SMN). Fabián Vázquez, coordinator of the SMN, detailed that, according to the trajectory of Hurricane Polo, the system would reach the central area of Baja California Sur around 6:00 a.m. on Monday. SMN predicts impact of Hurricane Polo in Baja California South as category 2The SMN…
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