Mexico braces for Hurricane Polo gathering strength
Hurricane Polo, one of the strongest Pacific cyclones in decades, brought dangerous waves and heavy rain to Mexico.
![A man looks out to the sea at Playa Jardin in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico on September 22, 2026. [ENRIQUE CASTRO / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1790184132.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Hurricane Polo, one of the strongest Pacific cyclones in decades, brought dangerous waves and heavy rain to Mexico.
![A man looks out to the sea at Playa Jardin in Lazaro Cardenas, Michoacan, Mexico on September 22, 2026. [ENRIQUE CASTRO / AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/image-1790184132.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)


![Sanju, 10, holds her two-year-old brother at a shelter in Rasuwa, Nepal. Their home and parents were washed away in the August 26, 2026, floods [Jigyasa Mishra/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_5158-1790055984-1-1790062421.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)






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