U.S. and Mexican officials are cautioning that the hurricane off Mexico’s western coast could make landfall in Sonora, the Mexican state south of Arizona.
In an alert from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico Thursday, officials urged caution for travelers to Baja California Sur and southern Sonora.
The National Hurricane Center in Florida characterized Hurricane Polo as an extremely powerful Category 5 hurricane as of Friday morning.
The storm has been building in the waters off southwest Mexico and is heading north. Officials cautioned it could hit the Sonoran capital of Hermosillo and the beaches of San Carlos at a lower intensity early next week.
U.S. officials warned travelers to avoid walking on beaches and to anticipate potentially significant flooding, mudslides and road closures.
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On Monday, dozens of agents swarmed a stretch of private land where the activists had been camped in and around a centuries-old cottonwood tree. Contractors tore down the tree and agents made multiple arrests. -
Dr. Jesús Maximiano Verduzco Soto turned himself in to authorities in Hermosillo after evading arrest for months. -
Nearly 30 people have died from heat stroke in the Mexican state south of Arizona this year. -
In Sonora, mothers comb through the desert to try to find the remains of their missing children, even as Mexican officials say the number of homicides across the country is in decline. -
Some communities remained difficult to access after flooding from Tropical Storm Polo.
