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Hurricane Polo Hits Baja California Sur as Category 3

By Drooid · Sep 28, 2026, 2:19 PM UTC · How we work

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Hurricane Polo Targets

Mexico's National Hurricane Center predicts Hurricane Polo will make landfall in Baja California Sur on Monday.
Polo is a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph (185 km/h).
Authorities issued hurricane warnings, closed ports, suspended schools, opened 169 shelters, and deployed 7,000 troops.
Two children died and their parents remain missing after the storm.
Moisture from Polo may reach the U.S. Southwest, prompting flash-flood warnings and up to 10 inches of rain.

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Mexican Navy Delivers

NOAA Hurricane Hunters filmed Hurricane Polo’s eyewall, showing 180 mph winds and a central pressure of 892 mb.
Forecaster Bob Oravec attributed the above-average Pacific storm activity to the ongoing El Niño year.
The Mexican Navy deployed three vessels to Guaymas and Mazatlán to deliver humanitarian aid to isolated coastal communities.
Wildlife officials relocated two olive-ridley turtle nests from Southern California beaches to the Aquarium of the Pacific.

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Historical Context

The Gulf Coast’s worst modern disaster, Hurricane Katrina, struck in August 2005, killing 1,392 people and inflicting $125 billion in damage after the 2005 season produced a record four Category 5 storms. That devastation sparked criticism of the federal response, while today Mexico’s Navy and NOAA mobilize for Hurricane Polo, reflecting ongoing regional vulnerability to increasingly intense tropical cyclones.

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Hurricane Polo Targets

Mexico's National Hurricane Center predicts Hurricane Polo will make landfall in Baja California Sur on Monday.
Polo is a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds near 115 mph (185 km/h).
Authorities issued hurricane warnings, closed ports, suspended schools, opened 169 shelters, and deployed 7,000 troops.
Two children died and their parents remain missing after the storm.
Moisture from Polo may reach the U.S. Southwest, prompting flash-flood warnings and up to 10 inches of rain.

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