Hurricane Polo Hits Baja Peninsula, Headed Toward Mainland Mexico
The storm brought 96 to 110 mph winds and is feeding near-record Pacific moisture that has triggered flood watches for more than 30 million people.
- Hurricane Polo made landfall in Baja California near Las Barrancas as a Category 2 storm overnight Monday, with dangerous winds of 96 to 110 mph, and is expected to strike Sonora, Mexico, on Tuesday.
- Polo formed into a Pacific hurricane on Sept. 20, one of three simultaneous Pacific storms, then weakened to a Category 1 hurricane as it crossed the Baja California Peninsula toward mainland Mexico.
- Flash flooding struck Zion National Park along the Virgin River and Heaps Canyon on Monday night, while water rescues occurred in Bullhead City, Arizona, amid flash flood warnings across Utah and Arizona.
- More than 30 million people across a dozen states, spanning California, Texas, and Iowa, are under a flood watch as Polo's remnants will merge Tuesday with an existing storm system.
- Michael Crimmins, a meteorologist and professor at the University of Arizona, said "The low pressure provides the mechanics and thermodynamics to create widespread and long-lasting lines of showers and storms.
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Hurricane Polo is hit twice in a row on land in the northwest of Mexico. The storm flooded roads and overturned power poles and trees. After the double landing, however, no casualties were reported at first. At first, the hurricane had reached the peninsula of Lower California (Baja California). Hours later, it was hit on land in the state of Sonora after over [...]
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