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- 1Hurricane Rachel strengthens to category 3 off Mexico's Pacific coast●San Blas, Mexico Waves crash along Los Cocos beach as Hurricane Rachel strengthens into a category 3 system off the coun
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.
- 2Hurricane Polo sends high waves into island homes off Mexico●High waves caused by Hurricane Polo batter a small island with houses off the coast of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico, Septem
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.