• 5 deaths reported in Mexico due to Hurricane Simon and remnants of Rachel

    ByRishav Kothari

    Hurricane Simon was drifting westward off Mexico’s west-central coast at 15:00 UTC on October 13, 2026, with maximum sustained winds of 150 km/h (90 mph), while the National Hurricane Center (NHC) shifted its forecast track substantially south and described confidence in both the track and intensity forecasts as very low. One death has been attributed to Simon in Guerrero. An Associated Press report separately counted four deaths from post-tropical Rachel in Baja California, bringing the combined toll from the two systems to five at the time of that report.

  • Hurricane Polo brings heavy rain to Mexico, NHC forecasts Baja California approach

    ByRishav Kothari

    Hurricane Polo’s outer rainbands brought heavy rain to southwestern Mexico on September 24, 2026, with a Tropical Storm Warning in effect from Tecpan de Galeana to Manzanillo. Mexico had extended the warning westward overnight as the Category 5 hurricane remained offshore, bringing a risk of flooding, mudslides and dangerous coastal conditions.Polo is forecast to approach the Baja California Peninsula as a hurricane early in the week beginning September 28.

  • Hurricane Genevieve briefly reaches Category 5, hazardous marine conditions continue along parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast

    ByRishav Kothari

    Genevieve became the first eastern Pacific hurricane to reach Category 5 strength since Hurricane Kristy in 2024 after undergoing explosive rapid intensification on Monday, July 27, 2026. The hurricane weakened back to Category 4 later in the day as it entered an eyewall replacement cycle, with gradual weakening forecast over cooler waters during the coming days.

  • Lorena weakens to tropical storm but continues to pose flooding risk in Baja California Sur and U.S. Southwest

    ByRishav Kothari

    Hurricane Lorena weakened into a tropical storm on September 4, 2025, after bringing heavy rains and flooding to Los Cabos, Mexico. The storm, though no longer expected to make landfall, is still going to bring life-threatening flood conditions to Baja California Sur, Sonora, and parts of the southwestern United States.

  • Shallow M6.2 earthquake hits Baja California, Mexico

    ByTeo Blašković

    A strong and shallow earthquake, registered by the USGS as M6.2, hit Baja California, Mexico at 16:39 UTC on November 22, 2022. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.2 at a depth of 2 km (1.2 miles).