Hurricane Polo
Offshore Hurricane Polo sends rain into Mexico’s coast as Nolo nears Hawaii
MEXICO CITY | Powerful Hurricane Polo sent bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast Thursday as a growing Tropical Storm Nolo approached Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding. Polo was forecast to maintain Category 5 strength as it skirts Mexico’s coast over the next few days. Rain and strong winds had already started […]
Hurricane Polo churns off Mexico’s Pacific coast as ‘one of the strongest storms ever’
By MEGAN JANETSKY and DESIREE BROOKS Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Polo is gaining strength as it moves along Mexico’s southwestern coast as a Category 5 cyclone. The Miami-based National Hurricane Center reports Polo is an “extremely dangerous” storm with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph. It was centered Tuesday about 215 miles […]
Polo strengthens to a Category 5 hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast
MIAMI | Hurricane Polo grew into a Category 5 storm Tuesday in the eastern Pacific off southwestern Mexico. It had maximum sustained winds of 160 mph (257 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said. It had maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) and may intensify further and reach Category 5 strength […]