Hurricane Bolo nears Mexico’s southwest coast as one of Pacific’s strongest storms
Hurricane Bolo intensifies off Mexico’s coast, expected to make landfall as a Category 5 storm, with authorities closely monitoring its path.
Key Takeaways
AIHurricane Bolo has strengthened in the Pacific Ocean, becoming one of the most powerful storms the region has seen in decades. It is forecast to strike Mexico’s southwest coast as a Category 5 hurricane.
The US National Hurricane Center described Bolo as an "extremely dangerous" storm, predicting it will move forcefully toward northwest Mexico before shifting west-northwest in the coming days.
The center reported that Bolo is currently located about 300 kilometers south of Zihuatanejo and 540 kilometers southeast of Manzanillo, moving north at 4 kilometers per hour. Its maximum sustained winds have reached 255 kilometers per hour.
Meanwhile, in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Agatha has intensified into a hurricane, though it currently poses no threat to land.