Storm Polo

Hurricanes Polo and Odalys are expected to send powerful waves to the Southern California coast, which has already been battered by severe surf in recent days. Forecasters warn of dangerous conditions along beaches and coastal areas, with high surf and possible flooding. Residents and officials are urged to stay clear of the shoreline.

Weather trackers are warning that Hurricane Polo is on a path that could impact the United States. Forecasters are watching the storm's track closely, and coverage of the potential threat has drawn large audiences as people look for updates on where and when the hurricane might make landfall.

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.

The remnants of Hurricane Polo, now a tropical depression, are dumping heavy rain on southern Arizona and New Mexico. The already saturated landscape has prompted flash flood warnings across parts of the Southwest, with forecasters expecting conditions to worsen as the system moves through. Further north around the Four Corners, residents are seeing only clouds and light winds so far, but rain there is expected to begin soon.