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  "id": 13715372,
  "title": "Hurricane Simon nears Mexico with 155 mph winds and flooding fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/hurricane-simon-nears-mexico-with-155-mph-winds-and-flooding-fears",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T12:10:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NPR",
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    "url": "https://www.npr.org/2026/10/11/nx-s1-5998022/hurricane-simon-nears-mexico-155-mph-winds-flooding-fears"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hurricane Simon, a powerful Category 4 storm, was approaching Mexico's Pacific coast on Sunday. The storm had maximum winds of 155 miles per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Center. The eye of the hurricane was just off the coast, and it was expected to move inland later in the day.\n\nThe storm was forecast to bring destructive winds, coastal flooding, and dangerous rainfall to west-central Mexico. The National Hurricane Center warned of significant or catastrophic wind, surge, and rainfall over portions of the region. Mexico's Navy had evacuated around 100 people from settlements along the country's west coast due to the storm.\n\nPreparations to protect life and property were urged to be rushed to completion in the hurricane warning area. The storm's approach had already caused high surf to hit the coast of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, Mexico. The government of Jalisco state had declared a red alert for several municipalities. The National Hurricane Center forecast rainfall of 10 to 20 inches across affected areas, with isolated accumulations potentially reaching 30 inches in parts of Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Post",
        "title": "Category 4 Hurricane Simon nears Mexico’s Pacific coast",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/category-4-hurricane-simon-nears-mexicos-pacific-coast",
        "published": "2026-10-11T05:15:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 near Mexico",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/hurricane-simon-strengthens-to-category-4-near-mexico",
        "published": "2026-10-11T08:04:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}