Nayarit

Hurricane Rachel has intensified to Category 2 in the Pacific off Mexico, prompting warnings of heavy to intense rain in Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guerrero, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur. Authorities suspended classes in Michoacán's Sierra-Costa region as a precaution. Searches for October are being driven by hurricane coverage, daily horoscope features for October 1, and news that cold front number 1 will soon bring weather changes to several states.

Tropical storm Rachel is causing intense rainfall overnight in Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero, with very heavy rain in Nayarit. Authorities in Michoacán have suspended classes in the Sierra-Costa region as a precaution, and weather forecasts are trending widely. Meanwhile, Bogotá is also facing rain and overcast skies per IDIGER's forecast.

Hurricane Rachel has strengthened into a category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast, with large waves crashing along Los Cocos beach near San Blas, Nayarit. Attention is heightened because northern Mexico is still recovering from Hurricane Polo, and this Pacific season has been unusually active, a pattern being attributed to El Niño conditions.

Hurricane Polo sent heavy waves crashing into a small inhabited island off the coast of San Blas, Nayarit, on Mexico's Pacific coast, according to a Reuters photograph dated September 26. The image shows waves battering houses on the shoreline as the storm passes offshore. Interest centres on the damage risk to vulnerable coastal communities during the Pacific hurricane season.