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Hurricane Polo strengthens to category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Polo strengthens to category 5 off Mexico's Pacific coast

By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez Sept 22 (Reuters) - Hurricane Polo has reached category 5 strength, the highest possible, as it looms over the Mexican Pacific coast, posing life-threatening flooding risks, the US National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Tuesday.

Category 5 Hurricane Polo is an 'extremely dangerous' storm off the coast of Mexico

Category 5 Hurricane Polo is an 'extremely dangerous' storm off the coast of Mexico

Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone

Polo, a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to become a major hurricane this week

Polo, a tropical storm in the Pacific Ocean, is expected to become a major hurricane this week

The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week

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Hurricane Polo becomes Category 5. Will it impact California?

Hurricane Polo becomes Category 5. Will it impact California?

Hurricane Polo rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm off Mexico's coast. Forecasters say it's too soon to know if California will see impacts.

Tropical Storm Polo forms off southwestern Mexico

Tropical Storm Polo forms off southwestern Mexico

Tropical Storm Polo has formed off southwestern Mexico

Hurricane Polo grows into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific off Mexico

Hurricane Polo grows into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific off Mexico

Hurricane Polo has grown into a Category 4 storm in the Pacific and was forecast to bring heavy rain to southwestern Mexico but remain offshore

Polo strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast

Polo strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast

Hurricane Polo has grown into a Category 5 storm in the eastern Pacific off southwestern Mexico

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Tropical Storm Fay forms in Atlantic as Pacific's Odalys strengthens

Tropical Storm Fay forms in Atlantic as Pacific's Odalys strengthens

The ongoing El Niño weather pattern suppresses the formation of Atlantic hurricanes, but can strengthen Pacific storms.

Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Tropical Storm Fay forms in the Atlantic. Tampa-area forecast

Tropical Storm Fay forms in the Atlantic. Tampa-area forecast

Tropical Storm Fay is far out there and across Hillsborough, Pinellas, the greater concern will be afternoon thunderstorms.

Pío López Obrador Files Amparo Against FGR for Undetermined Investigation Status

Pío López Obrador Files Amparo Against FGR for Undetermined Investigation Status

Pío López Obrador, brother of former Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has filed an amparo (a legal injunction) against Mexico's Attorney General's Office (FGR). The legal action seeks to compel the FGR to define whether it will pursue criminal charges in an investigation initiated in 2023. The specifics of the investigation, including the alleged facts and Pío López Obrador's exact role within it, have not been publicly disclosed. The amparo was filed on September 11 in Mexico City's federal criminal justice system and is linked to case file FED/DGCAP-CDMX/0000027/2023. Pío López Obrador's claim centers on the FGR's alleged delay in determining the course of the investigation, rather than an accusation that charges have already been filed or an arrest warrant issued. The case was initially assigned to Judge Gabriela Sandoval Saavedra, but reports indicate she has since declined jurisdiction.

Tropical Storm Odalys and New Depression Form in Pacific

Tropical Storm Odalys and New Depression Form in Pacific

The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is currently monitoring multiple weather systems in the eastern and central North Pacific. Tropical Storm Odalys is located over 1,000 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, while Tropical Depression Seventeen-E has recently formed a few hundred miles south of Manzanillo, Mexico. Additionally, the remnants of Tropical Depression Fifteen-E, located over 500 miles east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, are showing signs of potential redevelopment later this week. Another area of low pressure is expected to form south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec in the coming days, with a low chance of development over the next week. (Source: NHC, 500 PM PDT, Sep 20, 2026)