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Threatening Hurricane Nolo takes aim at Hawaii as Polo slams Mexico’s coast

Nypost · · 874 words · By Associated Press
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Threatening Hurricane Nolo takes aim at Hawaii as Polo slams Mexico’s coast See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Threatening Hurricane Nolo takes aim at Hawaii as Polo slams Mexico’s coast See more of our coverage in your search results.

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MEXICO CITY — Residents along Mexico’s west coast stacked sandbags to fortify beachfront shops and evacuated their homes, while Hawaii’s Big Island and Maui braced for potentially catastrophic flooding, as separate hurricanes swirled in the Pacific on…

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Nolo became a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday night and was expected to strengthen while turning toward the Big Island, the National Hurricane Center said.

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Claim 1: “Polo has fluctuated between Category 4 and 5”
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Wikipedia confirms Hurricane Polo was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone and the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record. Other web sources explicitly state it was a Category 5 storm.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record, with a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), behind only Hurricane Patri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Polo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Category 5 Pacific hurricane is a tropical cyclone in the Pacific Ocean that reaches Category 5 intensity on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale, the highest possible classification on the scale. Hur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Category_5_Pacific_hur…
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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 2: “Forecasters warned that the Big Island could see rainfall totals of 15 to 30 inches (38 to 76 centimeters)”
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Multiple independent web sources (NYT, Travelbinger, and a path tracker) confirm the forecast of 15 to 30 inches of rain for the Big Island, with some mentioning isolated amounts up to 35 inches.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hawaii ( hə-WY-ee; 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. One of the two no…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaii
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hawaiʻi, sometimes written Hawaii, is the largest island in the United States, located in the state of Hawaii. It is the southeasternmost of the Hawaiian Islands, a chain of volcanic islands in the No…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiʻi_(island)
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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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Claim 3: “southeastern region of the Big Island hit in August by Hurricane Lala”
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Claim 4: “Tropical Storm Gonzalo formed in the Atlantic Ocean late Thursday, about 190 miles (306 kilometers) southeast of the Cape Verde Islands”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 5: “Hurricane Otis in 2023 unexpectedly plunged Acapulco into turmoil for weeks”
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Multiple web search results confirm Hurricane Otis hit Acapulco in October 2023 as a Category 5 storm, causing massive turmoil.
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web search NEUTRAL — 24, 2023, shows Hurricane Otis approaching Mexico's Pacific coast near Acapulco.(NOAA via AP).López Obrador noted that Otis was a stronger hurricane than Pauline, which hit Acapulco in 1997, destroyin…
https://www.wlox.com/2023/10/25/hurricane-otis-batters-acapu…
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web search NEUTRAL — ACAPULCO, MEXICO - OCTOBER 25: A car is seen sunk after hurricane Otis hit Acapulco on October 25, 2023 in Acapulco, Mexico. Otis made landfall through the coast of Acapulco around midnight of October…
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/update-hurricane-otis-leaves-2…
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web search NEUTRAL — Otis is stronger than Hurricane Pauline, which hit Acapulco in 1997, López Obrador said. Pauline destroyed swaths of the city and killed more than 200 people. Hundreds of others were injured in floodi…
https://www.southcarolinapublicradio.org/2023-10-24/hurrican…
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Claim 6: “Hawaii has been battered this year by major flooding in the spring, an earthquake and two other hurricanes since mid-August”
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The claim is only supported by a single cross-reference from Al Jazeera; no other independent sources in the provided evidence confirm this specific sequence of events for the current year.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Hawaii has already been battered this year by major flooding in spring, an earthquake and two other hurricanes since mid-August.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/25/hurricane-polo-lash…
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Claim 7: “Mexican authorities have deployed 15,000 security personnel across the coast and suspended schools”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Mexican authorities deployed 15,000 security personnel and suspended schools.
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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 Polo was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record, with a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), behind only Hurricane Patri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Polo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The North American country of Mexico regularly experiences tropical cyclones from both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans. Tropical cyclones that produce maximum sustained winds of more than 119 kilo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexico_hurricanes
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Claim 8: “the governor issued an emergency proclamation, activating more than 230 Hawaii National Guard members”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the governor's emergency proclamation or the activation of 230 National Guard members.
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Claim 9: “heavy rains from powerful Hurricane Polo could cause torrential flooding and landslides in Mexico”
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Three separate web search results confirm that Hurricane Polo was forecasted to cause torrential flooding and landslides in Mexico.
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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo is an active and very powerful tropical cyclone off the Pacific coast of Mexico.In Zihuatanejo, heavy rainfall from Polo caused flooding and property damage. At least five vehicles were…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Polo_(2026)
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web search NEUTRAL — Polo was forecast to maintain Category 5 strength as it moves along Mexico’s coast over the next few days. While the eye and the strongest winds were expected to remain at sea, the heavy rains could c…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/24/hurricane-polo-hits…
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web search NEUTRAL — Polo could bring flooding and mudslides to Mexico’s Pacific coast. Concepción López Villegas was busily bolstering her seaside restaurant in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, against the expected onslaught …
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2026/09/23/hurricane-polo-…
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Claim 10: “crews that had been helping restore power in Kauai after this month’s Hurricane Lowell”
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Claim 11: “Polo posed the biggest threat to Guerrero and Michoacán”
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Web search results confirm that Polo threatened Mexico's southwestern coast, specifically mentioning the states of Guerrero and Michoacán.
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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 Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds. It was also the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Patricia
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record, with a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), behind only Hurricane Patri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Polo
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Claim 12: “Hurricane Odalys, was centered far from land, roughly 1,110 miles (1,785 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula”
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Claim 13: “In the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, seawater already swept through homes Thursday”
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Multiple web search results confirm that seawater/flooding occurred in Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico, specifically mentioning Thursday in one instance.
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web search NEUTRAL — PUERTO SAN CARLOS, Mexico — Wind whipped Mexico’s northern Pacific coast and water began to flood some streets Monday as Hurricane Polo bore down on Baja California Sur, threatening flash floods and m…
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/hurricanes/hurricane-polo-fo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cleaning up after Hurricane Polo hit Playa Azul in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan state, Mexico, on Thursday.Hurricane Polo is barreling towards the Baja California region of Mexico, the latest system in …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/25/weather-tracke…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo's waves shred beach hut on Mexico's Pacific coast.It didn’t take landfall for Hurricane Polo to cause some serious damage near Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico. See the destruction along the coa…
https://weather.com/2026/09/25/storms/severe/video/hurricane…
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Claim 14: “Tropical Storm Fay re-formed early Thursday... nearly 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) west-southwest of the Azores”
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Claim 15: “Schools were closed for the rest of the week [in Hawaii]”
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Claim 16: “Nolo became a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean on Thursday night”
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Multiple web search results confirm that Nolo formed in the Pacific and was a threat to Hawaii on Thursday. One source explicitly mentions it became a hurricane, while another mentions it as a Tropical Storm strengthening into a hurricane.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Pacific typhoon season is an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The season runs throughout 2026, although most tropical cyclone…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hurricane Polo was an extremely powerful tropical cyclone that became the second-most intense Pacific hurricane on record, with a central pressure of 892 mbar (26.34 inHg), behind only Hurricane Patri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Polo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Hōlei Sea Arch was a 90-foot-high (27 m) natural arch of basalt on the southern coast of the Big Island of Hawaiʻi, within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Carved by the Pacific Ocean from an anci…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hōlei_Sea_Arch
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