Hurricane Polo's landfall in Mexico and the floods in the US Southwest

Active · last development Sep 28: “Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico as heavy rains bring floods to US Southwest”

What this arc covers

Hurricane Polo of late September 2026, one of the most powerful Pacific hurricanes in decades: its threat to Mexico's southwestern coast and the Baja California peninsula, its landfall in Mexico, the high surf it sent up the coast, and the flooding its remnants brought to Arizona and New Mexico.

Photo from New York Post, with Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico as heavy rains bring floods to US Southwest (Sep 28), the story with the most independent sources this week.

Earliest story we hold Sep 21, 2026 · 7 stories · 94 independent sources (counted once each) · 7 days

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Part of Hurricanes

  1. Hurricane Helene's destruction from Florida to western North CarolinaSep 23, 2024 – Sep 25, 2026
  2. Hurricane Milton's landfall in Florida weeks after HeleneOct 5 – Oct 15, 2024
  3. Hurricane Melissa's destruction in Jamaica, Haiti and CubaOct 21 – Oct 30, 2025
  4. Hurricane Lowell's strike on Hawaii in September 2026Aug 28 – Sep 18, 2026
  5. Hurricane Polo's landfall in Mexico and the floods in the US SouthwestThis arcSep 21 – Sep 28, 2026

Where it standsnewest first · each bar runs left to right by leaning

Sep 28– 30Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico as heavy rains bring floods to US Southwest34 articles · 22 independent sources
5 left, 11 center, 2 right
Sep 28– 29Arizona weather forecast: Flash flood watches active as Hurricane Polo remnants hit the state3 articles · 1 independent sources
0 left, 1 center, 0 right
Sep 27– 28Long Beach braces for another round of high surf, this time via Hurricane Polo4 articles · 3 independent sources
0 left, 3 center, 0 right

Who covered it, over timeindependent sources per week, by side

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22% left · 69% center · 9% right of 94 independent sources among the outlets we track, across 7 stories.

Every storyoldest first

  1. September 2026

    Sep 21– 28Hurricane Nolo moving past Hawaii, still poses risks. Hurricane Polo pushes on toward Mexico293 articles · 73 independent sources
    17 left, 54 center, 6 right
  2. Sep 22– 29Hurricane Polo could cause life-threatening flooding in Mexico's Baja California peninsula83 articles · 40 independent sources
    8 left, 18 center, 4 right
  3. Sep 22– 25Arizona weather forecast: Hurricane Polo moisture could bring heavy rain, flood risks3 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 0 right
  4. Sep 24Hurricane Polo churns as new storm threatens Hawaii with ‘catastrophic flooding’5 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 0 center, 0 right
  5. Sep 27– 28Long Beach braces for another round of high surf, this time via Hurricane Polo4 articles · 3 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  6. Sep 28– 29Arizona weather forecast: Flash flood watches active as Hurricane Polo remnants hit the state3 articles · 1 independent sources
    0 left, 1 center, 0 right
  7. Sep 28– 30Hurricane Polo makes landfall in Mexico as heavy rains bring floods to US Southwest34 articles · 22 independent sources
    5 left, 11 center, 2 right