Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for POLO-26 in Mexico from 21 Sep 2026 03:00 UTC to 28 Sep 2026 15:00 UTC

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Overall Orange Tropical Cyclone for POLO-26

in Mexico

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone POLO-26 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID	TC 1001325
Name	POLO-26
From - To	21 Sep - 28 Sep
Exposed countries	Mexico
Exposed population	200 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed	287 km/h Category 5
Maximum storm surge	n.a.
Vulnerability	Medium (Mexico)

GDACS Score

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	Wind	Storm surge	Rainfall	GDACS score
GDACS NOAA	287 km/h	n.a.	n.a.	1.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF	292 km/h	1 m	1800 mm	1.5
GFS	302 km/h	0.7 m	2188 mm	0.5
ECMWF	169 km/h	0.8 m	1275 mm	0.5

Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.

Virtual OSOCC

Meteo assessment

Satellite products

Analytical products

POLO-26 - EC/ECHO daily mapMon, 28 Sep 2026 18:53

A new EC/ECHO daily map is now available

Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Updates on volcanic activity (Smithsonian)

Latest media headlines

Noaa flies plane inside Category 5 Hurricane Polo. Watch flight footag.. 9/25/2026 7:10:00 AM.

Drier, less humid air behind the latest cool front 9/24/2026 11:15:00 AM.

Hurricane Polo off Mexican coast is ''one of the strongest storms ever.. 9/23/2026 12:54:00 PM.

‘Very dangerous’ hurricane forming in the Pacific Ocean heading to SoC.. 9/22/2026 2:37:00 AM.

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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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The graph shows the current fatalities estimate.

Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps: ECHO Daily Map of 28 September 2026

28/Sep/2026 18:53 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (40), DesInventar (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),

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