Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico, with life-threatening winds and flooding - bbc.com
Hurricane Polo has made landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico, bringing high winds and heavy rainfall. Officials have urged residents to seek shelter as the storm threatens to cause significant flooding and mudslides.
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Extreme weather events like Hurricane Polo pose immediate threats to human life and infrastructure in coastal regions.
Share Save Add as preferred on Google Vanessa Buschschlüter , Latin America online editor , Christal Hayes and Elizabeth Rizzini , Lead Weather Presenter EPA/Shutterstock Some coastal regions were flooded even before the storm made landfall Hurricane Polo has made landfall along the northern Pacific coast of Mexico, lashing the state of Baja California Sur with life-threatening winds and heavy rain that has already flooded some coastal areas.
Mexican officials said Polo moved ashore just south of the surfing and fishing village of Las Barrancas bringing maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (175 km/h).
Polo is moving northeast and on the forecast track, its core is predicted to continue passing over Baja California Sur before moving inland over the southern part of the Mexican state of Sonora later on Tuesday.
Residents in threatened areas have been encouraged to seek shelter.
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