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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 […]

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

MIAMI | Tropical Storm Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week, forecasters said Monday. Polo could bring heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-storm-force wind to parts of Mexico late Tuesday into early Wednesday, according to an advisory from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. Meteorologists predicted Monday […]