Off the southwestern coast of Mexico, Hurricane Polo has ascended to Category 5 intensity — the most dangerous classification a tropical cyclone can carry — arriving as a slow-moving threat to communities in Guerrero and Michoacán that are still mending from previous storms. Moving at barely 2 miles per hour with winds of 165 mph, the storm extends its shadow over a coastline where the memory of past disasters is not yet history but still lived experience. Authorities have suspended classes and issued warnings, knowing that even a storm that stays offshore can leave destruction in its wake thr
Category 5 Hurricane Polo threatens Mexico's Pacific coast with extreme danger
Classes suspended in multiple coastal areas; residents on edge; communities in Guerrero and Oaxaca vulnerable due to ongoing recovery from previous hurricanes.