At landfall, Polo\u2019s center was located approximately 130 km (80 miles) north of Cabo San L\u00e1zaro and 115 km (70 miles) south of Muleg\u00e9. The hurricane was moving northeast at 20 km\/h (13 mph), with a minimum central pressure of 965 hPa.<\/p>\n
Hurricane-force winds extended up to 65 km (40 miles) from the center, while tropical-storm-force winds extended up to 165 km (105 miles).<\/p>\n
Hurricane Warnings remained in effect along the west coast of Baja California Sur from Punta Abreojos to Santa Fe, along the east coast from Loreto to Bah\u00eda San Juan Bautista and on mainland Mexico from Bah\u00eda Kino to Huatabampito.<\/p>\n
Video credit: NOAA\/OES-19\/NHC<\/p>\n
Hurricane Watches and Tropical Storm Warnings covered adjacent sections of Baja California Sur and the mainland coast from south of Huatabampito to Topolobampo. NHC said hurricane conditions would continue across the peninsula for several hours before reaching northwestern mainland Mexico early on September 29.<\/p>\n
Polo is forecast to produce 150\u2013305 mm (6\u201312 inches) of rain across parts of Baja California Sur. Southern and central Sonora could receive 100\u2013150 mm (4\u20136 inches), with local totals reaching 200 mm (8 inches).<\/p>\n
NHC warned that the rainfall could produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides, particularly in steep terrain.<\/p>\n
Satellite loop of Hurricane Polo making landfall over Baja California Sur on September 29, 2026. Credit: NOAA\/OES-19\/NHC<\/p>\n
Storm surge was expected to cause significant coastal flooding in areas exposed to onshore winds. Large and destructive waves, dangerous surf and rip currents were also forecast along the Baja California Peninsula and northwestern Mexico.<\/p>\n
Ahead of landfall, high tides and pounding waves were breaching sea barriers and flooding some streets in Puerto San Carlos. Hundreds of people in the surrounding region had moved into shelters.<\/p>\n
In L\u00f3pez Mateos, intense rainfall caused a significant electrical failure at the community\u2019s main well, interrupting potable-water service. The Comond\u00fa municipal water authority said the system could not be restarted immediately and that service would be restored when weather conditions allowed repairs.<\/p>\n
Baja California Sur officials inspected temporary shelters in San Juanico, Las Barrancas and La Poza Grande before landfall. Residents in exposed areas were urged to follow Civil Protection instructions and move to shelters when directed.<\/p>\n
NHC expected Polo to weaken while crossing Baja California Sur but remain a hurricane when it reached southern Sonora on the morning of September 29. Rapid weakening was forecast after the second landfall as the circulation moved over the rugged terrain of northwestern Mexico.<\/p>\n
Video credit: NOAA\/OES-19\/NHC<\/p>\n
An amplifying mid- to upper-level trough over the southwestern United States was steering Polo northeastward. NHC said the cyclone\u2019s remnants could interact with a cutoff low and contribute to heavy rainfall, flash flooding and gusty winds across the southwestern United States and Southern High Plains on September 29 and 30.<\/p>\n
A Wind Advisory was in effect for parts of southern New Mexico and far western Texas, where strong gusts associated with Polo\u2019s remnants were possible late September 29 and during the following night.<\/p>\n
References:<\/p>\n
1 Hurricane Polo Intermediate Advisory Number 34A \u2013 NOAA\/NHC<\/a> \u2013 September 29, 2026<\/p>\n 2 Hurricane Polo Discussion Number 34 \u2013 NOAA\/NHC<\/a> \u2013 September 29, 2026<\/p>\n 3 <\/a>Water-well failure in L\u00f3pez Mateos following heavy rainfall \u2013 Municipality of Comond\u00fa \/ OOSAPAS<\/a> \u2013 September 28, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At landfall, Polo\u2019s center was located approximately 130 km (80 miles) north of Cabo San L\u00e1zaro and 115…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479202,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[187964,51612,7,9,8,185867,2457,186452],"class_list":["post-479201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-2026-eastern-pacific-hurricane-season","tag-baja-california-sur","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-hurricane-polo","tag-mexico","tag-mexico-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479201\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}