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Category 4 Hurricane Simon pounds Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Simon was a Category 4 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, with sustained winds of 240 kilometres per hour.
Its eye was moving north close to the shore, but forecasters said they could not yet tell whether it would make landfall.
Cabo Corrientes, near Puerto Vallarta, was considered the most likely area for a direct hit.
The storm threatened coastal communities, including homes inland and uphill from popular resort areas.
Forecasters warned of destructive winds, dangerous coastal flooding, heavy rain, mudslides and large waves.
Some areas of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco could receive up to 76 centimetres of rain.
Jalisco suspended classes in 22 coastal municipalities, began evacuations from at-risk areas and urged tourism businesses to shelter workers and visitors.
Hurricane Simon was pounding Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 4 storm on Sunday, with its eye just offshore.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was unclear whether the storm would make landfall.
Simon had sustained winds of 240 kilometres per hour and was forecast to bring dangerous storm surge, flooding and mudslides.
Cabo Corrientes was identified as the area most likely to take a direct hit.
Jalisco suspended classes in 22 coastal municipalities and began evacuating people from at-risk areas.
- Who
- Hurricane Simon and people living along Mexico’s Pacific coast.
- What
- Simon was bringing powerful winds and rain as a Category 4 hurricane. Forecasters said it was unclear whether it would make landfall.
- When
- Sunday, October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Mexico’s Pacific coast, with Cabo Corrientes identified as the area most likely to take a direct hit.
- Why
- Not stated
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Simon is very close to the coast of Mexico this morning
We're expecting catastrophic wind and life-threatening storm surge impacts along that west central coast of Mexico where the hurricane warning is currently in effect
Jalisco suspended classes in 22 coastal municipalities for Friday and Monday.
Businesses in Puerto Vallarta boarded up their windows ahead of the worst weather.
Simon was a Category 4 storm just offshore, and forecasters said it was unclear whether it would make landfall.
- Storm category
- Category 4
- Sustained winds
- 240 kilometres per hour
- Distance from Cabo Corrientes
- About 175 kilometres south-southeast at daybreak
- Forecast rainfall
- 25 to 50 centimetres in many places; up to 76 centimetres in parts of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco
- Jalisco preparedness
- Classes suspended in 22 coastal municipalities and evacuations begun
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