The government of Nayarit decreed an alcohol ban across the entire state from 00:00 hours on Sunday, October 11, 2026 and closed its beaches, while the National Civil Protection Coordination suspended non-essential activities in 24 municipalities of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán and Nayarit because of Hurricane Simón, category 4.
The measure was agreed on the afternoon of Saturday, October 10 from a command post at the Puerto Vallarta naval base, in coordination with the governments of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán and Nayarit, according to La Voz de Michoacán. Hurricane Simón was then located 185 kilometers south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, with sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour and gusts of 295, according to the 09:00 hours report of the National Meteorological Service. For Mexico, the episode reactivates the civil protection protocol that operates every hurricane season in the Pacific. On the same day, El Universal reported patrols by federal and state officers on the Puerto Vallarta boardwalk, where authorities asked tourists and residents to move away from the coast.
In Nayarit, the alcohol ban took effect at 00:00 hours on Sunday across the entire state and has no end date. The measure adds to the closure of beaches with black flags along the whole coast and to the restriction of commercial and recreational activities in Tepic, Xalisco, Santiago Ixcuintla, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela and San Blas. The state Secretariat of Education suspended in-person classes for Monday, October 12 in 12 municipalities, among them Acaponeta, Tecuala and Tuxpan. The state government opened 171 temporary shelters, and the DIF sent 200 packages of food and cleaning supplies to Palmar de Cuautla, in Santiago Ixcuintla.
In Michoacán, the suspension of non-essential activities covers Coahuayana, Aquila and Lázaro Cárdenas, on the state's coast. The National Meteorological Service forecasts extraordinary rainfall in Michoacán and Colima, torrential rainfall in Jalisco, intense rainfall in Guerrero and very heavy rainfall in Nayarit.
The forecast from the National Meteorological Service points to landfall on the morning of Sunday, October 11, between La Huerta and Tomatlán, Jalisco. The simultaneous activation of alcohol bans, temporary shelters and patrols in four entities marks the start of the critical phase of the hurricane season in the Mexican Pacific.
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