Hurricane Trudy intensified to Category 3 during the early hours of Friday, October 16, 2026, and was located 420 kilometers southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, with maximum sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour, according to the Excélsior report citing data from the National Water Commission (Conagua). Oaxaca and Guerrero remain on alert.
Trudy went from tropical storm to Category 1 hurricane in the early hours of Thursday, October 15, and reached Category 3 in under 24 hours, according to El Universal's tracking. The impact is concentrated along the southern Pacific coastal strip, where state protocols operate by region and tourism and fishing activity adjust to port closures. Conagua forecasts intense rainfall, 75 to 150 millimeters, in the northeast, east and southwest of Oaxaca, and very heavy rainfall, 50 to 75 millimeters, in the west, south and east of Guerrero, accumulations that can trigger landslides and rising river and stream levels. El Universal reported that both states activated temporary shelters and that the Secretariat of the Navy closed the ports of Acapulco and Puerto Marqués to navigation.
The measures reported by state authorities are as follows:
- Oaxaca: 12 temporary shelters across 20 municipalities, according to the State Civil Protection Coordination, which warned of high swells along the coastline. - Guerrero: 107 shelters enabled, 34 in Acapulco, 16 in Costa Grande and 43 in Costa Chica, according to the state Secretariat of Civil Protection. - Classes: the Guerrero Secretariat of Education suspended academic and administrative activities at public and private schools at all levels on Friday the 16th. - Ports: the Secretariat of the Navy keeps Acapulco and Puerto Marqués closed to navigation.
Conagua adjusted the hurricane wind watch zone, which spans from Punta San Telmo, Michoacán, to Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.
The weekend concentrates the next signals: the watch zone extends toward Michoacán and Jalisco, and Oaxaca Civil Protection anticipated increased rainfall, a drop in the heat index and northerly winds from the approach of cold front 2.
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