Hurricane Polo weakens to Category 4 but remains ‘very powerful’ near Mexico

But a high alert is still in place for the residents.Speaking about the trajectory, it is slowly drifting northwest off the south-west coast of Mexico, threatening states including Colima, Jalisco and Michoacan.

It was previously a category 5 storm , the highest level on the scale, but was weakened to category 4 on Wednesday morning.According to a recent forecast, “the recent drifting toward northwest will drive torrential rainfall in parts of Mexico's south-west coast, and may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, especially in areas of steep terrain.”Polo is expected to drop up to 6 inches of rain generally with localized totals up….

Dangerous, large ocean swells and life-threatening surf conditions are expected along the Pacific coast for multiple days.But data from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft showed the possibility of Polo once again strengthening into a more powerful one because of a very conducive environment of extremely warm ocean waters feeding the storm driven by super El Nino as per NOAA.Sea surface temperatures in the central-eastern Pacific reached 3.05 C above average on….

Hurricane Polo weakens to Category 4 but remains ‘very powerful’ near Mexico September 23, 2026.