By Paolo Laudani Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night Sept 24 – Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as “extremely powerful” Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near … Read more
Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified into a rare Category 5 storm in the Pacific Ocean, with the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warning of an “extremely dangerous” system capable of bringing torrential rain, flooding and mudslides to parts of Mexico. Hurricane Polo has intensified into a Category 5 storm off Mexico. Here are … Read more
A satellite image shows Hurricane Polo intensifying near the coast of southwestern Mexico. (Photo: CSU/CIRA & NOAA/Handout via REUTERS) US federal forecasts put the chance of a very strong El Niño above 90% this autumn and winter, with a 75% probability that the event could reach historic strength. California has declared a state of emergency … Read more