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Hurricane Polo Slams Baja California as Category 3 Storm
Key Takeaways
- Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico's Baja California peninsula as a Category 3 storm, cutting power and causing flooding.
- The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm came ashore just south of Las Barrancas in Baja California Sur with sustained winds up to 175 km/h (110 mph).
- At Puerto San Carlos, a port of nearly 6,000 people, the sea breached several sections of a sand barrier and water poured into the streets.
- The season has been intensified by a super El Niño that caused unprecedented warming in the equatorial Pacific.
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DT Editorial Team··via phys.org