Hurricane Polo Sweeps over Mexico's Pacific Coast, Heads Inland
The Category 1 storm brought 120 km/h winds and heavy rain, prompting evacuations and shelter deliveries in Sonora, officials said.
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rtl.luHurricane Polo sweeps over Mexico's Pacific coast, heads inland
It made landfall late Monday in the south of Baja California peninsula as a Category 3 hurricane packing winds of up to 175 kilometers (110 miles) per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). Polo raked across the peninsula and hopped the Gulf of California, then weakened to a tropical storm as it churned northeast into the Mexican mainland. Up to 20 centimeters (eight inches) of rainfall is expected in the state of Sonora, sa…
Hurricane Polo putmmeled the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with powerful windows and rain as it made landfall Tuesday, leaving coastal areas flooded and streets litted with fallen trees. The Category 2 hurricane struck land just south of Las Barrancas, Mexico, about 80 miles north of Cabo San Lazaro,...
Villages on the Pacific coast in Mexico resisted Hurricane Polo on Tuesday.
Hurricane Polo, weakened by a tropical storm, struck the Mexican state's coast of Sonora (north-west), leaving hundreds of families affected by the floods, material losses and power outages evacuated from rural areas located in the municipalities of Guaymas and Empalme.
Storm reached Sonora state with maximum winds of 120 km/h and caused the withdrawal of hundreds of residents in various cities
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