Hurricane Trudy intensified to Category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale during the early hours of Thursday, October 15, 2026, off Mexico's Pacific coast, with maximum sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 150 kilometers per hour, according to the report from the National Water Commission (Conagua) published by Milenio.
The center of the cyclone was located 480 kilometers south-southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, and 735 kilometers southeast of Manzanillo, Colima, moving northwest at 15 kilometers per hour, according to El Universal's live coverage. Trudy formed on Tuesday from Tropical Depression Twenty-One-E. In parallel, Hurricane Simon weakened to a tropical storm off the coast of Jalisco and no longer produces effects over Mexican territory. The coincidence of both systems in the Pacific keeps coastal states on alert, where state Civil Protection protocols define preventive measures and on-the-ground actions in response to rain, landslides and flooding.
Conagua detailed that Trudy's circulation reinforces the probability of rain in the south and southeast of the country, with the risk of landslides, rising river and stream levels, and flooding in low-lying areas. The forecast distributes rainfall across three levels:
- Very heavy localized rains in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Estado de Mexico, Guerrero and Oaxaca. - Heavy localized rains in western states, Veracruz, Tabasco and Chiapas. - Showers in the Yucatan Peninsula.
In Baja California Sur, the State Civil Protection Council held an extraordinary session in response to Simon's trajectory, and Governor Victor Castro Cosio stated that coordination among the three levels of government will be maintained to deploy on-the-ground actions. In Mazatlan, tides associated with the systems are forcing the removal of nearly two tons of waste per day from the beaches.
The National Meteorological Service anticipates the formation of between 18 and 21 named cyclones in the Pacific for the 2026 season, of which between four and five are major hurricanes. The next advisories from Conagua and Civil Protection will define additional measures along the coast.
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