Hurricane Polo Strengthens to Category 5 Off Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Polo has strengthened into a Category 5 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast, with the US National Hurricane Center describing it as extremely dangerous.
Hurricane Polo has strengthened into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones recorded in decades, reaching Category 5 strength as it moves near Mexico's southwestern coast.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center described Polo as an "extremely dangerous" storm, reporting maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour. The storm is expected to skirt along Mexico's southwestern coastline rather than making a direct landfall, according to the center's assessment.
Category 5 is the highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, reserved for storms with sustained winds exceeding 157 miles per hour, and typically capable of causing catastrophic damage in areas that experience a direct hit.
Authorities along Mexico's Pacific coast are likely to be monitoring the storm's path closely given its intensity, even as it is expected to remain offshore. Powerful storms of this scale can still generate dangerous surf, rain and wind impacts along coastlines they pass near without making direct landfall.
Sources
- Hurricane Polo churns off Mexico — France 24 — English
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