Powerful Hurricane Polo reaches Category 5 status near Mexico

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In a rare expression of forecast confidence, NHC predicted Polo would become a Cat 5 at a time when it was still a tropical storm.

Original Record.

This archived record authored by ‘Bob Henson and Jeff Masters’ at ‘Yaleclimate’ was recovered from data set:

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/09/a-category-5-hurricane-could-be-raging-off-mexicos-pacific-coast-this-week/

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