Dangerous Surf, Heavy Rains Hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo Tracks Offshore
The storm’s outer rainbands are bringing 4 to 6 inches of rain in Guerrero, with isolated totals up to 8 inches, forecasters said.
- On Thursday, 'extremely powerful' Hurricane Polo lashed southwestern Mexico with heavy surf and rain, while the National Hurricane Center reported tropical-storm-force winds occurring along the coast.
- With maximum sustained winds near 160 miles per hour, Polo is a Category 5 storm; hurricane-force winds extend 65 km from center, while tropical-storm-force winds reach up to 125 miles outward.
- Coastal areas of Guerrero face up to 8 inches of rain, potentially triggering life-threatening mudslides, as the NHC warned that swells are likely to cause "life-threatening surf, rip currents, and coastal flooding."
- In Cabo San Lucas, local authorities have already begun restricting beach access and closing the local harbor as AccuWeather expects Polo to approach the Baja California Peninsula early next week.
- Moisture from the storm could push into Texas, though the Sierra Madre mountains might weaken it; Arman added, "The Sierra Madre often act like a cheese grater to an organized system.
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Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday
Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as “extremely powerful” Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near 155 miles per hour (250 kph) Polo has been classified last as a Category 4 storm, a notch down from level […]
On Thursday, southwestern Mexico faced waves of up to eight metres caused by the passage of Hurricane Polo.
Dangerous surf, heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore
Sept 24 (Reuters) - Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as "extremely powerful" Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near...
Hurricane Polo, already a category 4, has left one of the most striking satellite images of the season as it slowly moves away from Mexico’s southwest coast. Behind the visual spectacle is a much less aesthetic warning: heavy rains, dangerous waves and an uncomfortable reminder of the extent to which extreme weather conditions lives, infrastructure and economic activity.
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