Polo’s intensification is similar to Hurricane Otis in 2023, which had a wind increase of 105 miles per hour in 21 hours before it made landfall near Acapulco, Mexico, and caused catastrophic damage.
What areas are affected?
Mexican authorities have issued tropical storm warnings along Mexico’s southwestern coast from Tecpan de Galeana to Punta San Telmo. The outer bands of Polo are expected to bring heavy rainfall of 3 to 6 inches to coastal Guerrero and Michoacán through Thursday, with isolated totals of up to 8 inches of rainfall. Coastal areas in Oaxaca, Colima, and Jalisco could receive 2 to 4 inches of rain.
The rainfall could cause…
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