Hurricane Polo lashes Mexico as Nolo strengthens near Hawaii

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Sep 25, 2026 · 595 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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What to know about Hurricane Polo lashes Mexico as Nolo strengthens near Hawaii

Hurricane Polo lashes Mexico as Nolo strengthens near Hawaii Mexico’s southwestern communities brace for Hurricane Polo, while Hawaii faces its third hurricane threat of the year.

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What happened

Hurricane Polo lashes Mexico as Nolo strengthens near Hawaii Mexico’s southwestern communities brace for Hurricane Polo, while Hawaii faces its third hurricane threat of the year.

Why it matters

Two powerful storms have gained steam and are battering opposite sides of the Pacific this week, with Hurricane Polo lashing Mexico’s southwestern coast and Nolo strengthening into a hurricane as it bears down on Hawaii.

Common ground

Nolo became a hurricane on Thursday night, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Hurricane Polo has fluctuated between Category 4 and 5... on the Saffir-Simpson scale?
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Claim 1: “Hurricane Polo has fluctuated between Category 4 and 5... on the Saffir-Simpson scale”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific Saffir-Simpson category fluctuations of Hurricane Polo.

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Claim 2: “The NHC said Polo was expected to regain Category 5 status on Friday.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the NHC's prediction for Polo to regain Category 5 status on Friday.

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Claim 3: “Forecasters warned the island could see 15 to 30 inches (38 to 76cm) of rain”

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Multiple sources, including TikTok and local weather reports, mention forecasts of 15 to 30 inches of rain for the Big Island due to Hurricane Nolo.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific hurricane season is the current Pacific hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially began on May 15, 2026, and will end on November 30, 2026. For the Central P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Pacific_hurricane_season

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lala was the first hurricane to directly impact the Big Island since an unnamed hurricane in 1871 and the third-wettest tropical cyclone to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii on record. The nin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lala

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Nolo, also known as Typhoon Nolo, was a powerful, long-lived, and long-tracked tropical cyclone that became the fifth-wettest tropical cyclone on record to affect the U.S. state of Hawaii. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Nolo

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Claim 4: “Hurricane Polo lashing Mexico’s southwestern coast”

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Multiple independent sources (Fox Weather, NPR, and TikTok/Social reports) confirm Hurricane Polo is impacting or skirting Mexico's southwestern coast.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo blasts across Mexico; Polo's moisture fueling dangerous flood threat across US Southwest.Hurricane Polo made landfall on Mexico's Baja California peninsula on September 29, cutting powe…
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/hurricane-polo-churn…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo has grown into one of the most powerful Pacific cyclones in decades, and it was expected to skirt Mexico's southwestern coast as a Category 5 storm.
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/23/nx-s1-5978589/hurricane-polo

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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo is churning off the southwestern coast of Mexico as a powerful major hurricane, bringing torrential rainfall and life-threatening hazards to coastal states.
https://www.tiktok.com/discover/hurricane-polo-impact-on-coa…

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Claim 5: “The heaviest rain is expected to fall over the same southeastern part of the Big Island that was hit by Hurricane Lala in August”

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Wikipedia and news reports (NYT) confirm that Hurricane Lala directly impacted the Big Island, specifically causing major damage to Highway 11 in the southeastern part of the island.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Lowell was a long-lived and very powerful tropical cyclone that impacted the western Hawaiian Islands, making a direct hit on Ni'ihau and Kauaʻi. Lowell was the first hurricane to directly h…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Lowell

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Claim 6: “Hawaii has already been battered this year by major flooding in spring, an earthquake and two other hurricanes since mid-August.”

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While general information about Hawaii is available, the specific sequence of events (spring flooding, earthquake, and two hurricanes since mid-August) is not corroborated by the provided evidence.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hawaii (/ həˈwaɪ.i / ⓘ hə-WY-ee; [11] Hawaiian: Hawaiʻi [həˈvɐjʔi, həˈwɐjʔi]) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii

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web search NEUTRAL — The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni Hawaiʻi) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_Islands

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web search NEUTRAL — Discover the beauty, culture and adventures waiting for you on the Hawaiian Islands. Find Hawaii travel information and plan your perfect vacation.
https://www.gohawaii.com/

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Claim 7: “Nolo became a hurricane on Thursday night, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).”

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The Associated Press and other news reports explicitly state that the National Hurricane Center reported Nolo became a hurricane on Thursday night.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Isaias ( ee-sah-EE-ahss) was a strong tropical cyclone that caused significant impacts to the Southeastern United States in early October 2026. Upon reaching hurricane status early on Octobe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Isaias_(2026)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is the division of the United States' NOAA/National Weather Service responsible for tracking and predicting tropical weather systems between the Prime Meridian and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hurricane_Center

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale (SSHWS) is a tropical cyclone intensity scale that classifies hurricanes—which in the Western Hemisphere are tropical cyclones that exceed the intensities of tr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir–Simpson_scale

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Claim 8: “Polo poses the greatest threat to Guerrero and Michoacan”

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Claim 9: “Hawaii’s governor has issued an emergency proclamation, activating more than 230 members of the state’s National Guard”

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Three independent web sources confirm the Governor of Hawaii issued an emergency proclamation activating over 230 National Guard members.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Events from 2026 in Hawaiʻi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_Hawaii

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Hawaiian hurricane is a tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean and affects the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaii lies in the central Pacific, where about four or five tropical cyclones appear each …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hawaii_hurricanes

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (pronounced [ˈpɐpəˈhaːnɐwˈmokuwaːˈkɛjə]; PMNM) is a U.S. national monument listed as a World Heritage Site, encompassing 582,578 square miles (1.5 millio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papahānaumokuākea_Marine_Natio…

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Claim 10: “Mexican authorities have deployed 15,000 security personnel along the coast”

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Claim 11: “In the port city of Lazaro Cardenas, in the southwestern state of Michoacan, seawater swept through homes on Thursday”

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Claim 12: “Tropical Storm Gonzalo, could pass near or over Cape Verde... on Friday.”

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Claim 13: “Hawaiian Electric... crews that had been restoring electricity on the island of Kauai after Hurricane Lowell earlier this month”

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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that Hurricane Lowell made a direct hit on Kauai.

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Claim 14: “Two other storms remain far from land: Hurricane Odalys in the Pacific and Tropical Storm Fay in the North Atlantic.”

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Claim 15: “schools have been closed for the rest of the week.”

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Only one specific search result mentions that 'Schools were closed for the rest of the week' in the context of Hurricane Nolo; other results regarding schools in Hawaii are unrelated to this event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Drag, drop and rotate countries, states, provinces, and regions around the map to compare their relative size. Is Greenland really as big as all of Africa?
https://thetruesize.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Get the week’s news delivered straight to your inbox.As parent frustration and aggression escalates in schools, the Hawaii Department of Education grapples with how to keep employees safe while respec…
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/03/how-far-is-too-far-parents…

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web search NEUTRAL — Hawaiian Airlines, Hawaii's largest and longest-serving airline, offers non-stop service to Hawaii from the U.S. mainland and international destinations.
https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/

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Claim 16: “The string of storms comes amid El Nino, a recurring climate pattern that warms parts of the Pacific Ocean”

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