{
  "id": 9613225,
  "title": "Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/heavy-rains-hit-mexico-as-hurricane-polo-tracks-offshore-expected-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T19:10:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times - World News",
    "slug": "hindustan-times-world-news",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/heavy-rains-hit-mexico-as-hurricane-polo-tracks-offshore-expected-to-make-landfall-on-sunday-night-101790277013897.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Heavy rain and surf pelted southwestern Mexico as Hurricane Polo drifted northwest offshore, according to a September 24 bulletin from the US National Hurricane Center. At the time, Polo was classified as a Category 4 storm, slightly less powerful than the peak level on the Saffir-Simpson scale. While the NHC anticipates some short-term strengthening, the storm is currently expected to maintain its major hurricane status for the coming days. Forecaster AccuWeather predicts the hurricane could make landfall late on Sunday night, potentially weakening to a Category 2 hurricane as it traverses the Baja California peninsula north of Cabo San Lucas, where local authorities have already begun limiting beach access and closing the harbor.\n\nThe NHC reports that Polo's outer rainbands are making landfall, generating intense downpours. The hurricane's hurricane-force winds extend 40 miles from the center, while tropical-storm-force winds spread out up to 125 miles. Additional rainfall totals ranging from 2 to 4 inches are expected, with isolated maximums reaching up to 6 inches across parts of Michoacan, Colima, northern and southern Jalisco, and Nayarit. Strong surf, rip currents, and coastal flooding are likely due to these swells, as warned by the NHC. Hurricane expert Nicholas Arman from AccuWeather notes that if the hurricane follows the projected path, some rain and moisture may be channeled into Texas. However, the extent of this moisture depends on the storm's ability to pass over the Sierra Madre mountain range, a major northwest-southeast mountain system running through northwestern and western Mexico and along the Gulf of California. Arman explains that the Sierra Madre often acts like a cheese grater, disrupting the organization of tropical systems and preventing them from remaining cohesive.",
  "summary": "STORM-POLO:Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}