Overview
- The National Hurricane Center said on Saturday that Hurricane Nolo is sitting a few hundred kilometers south of Hawaii and could strengthen and produce extreme rainfall that may cause catastrophic, life‑threatening flash floods and landslides.
- Governor Josh Green said the U.S. government approved federal aid for preventive measures in Hawaii, and local residents were filling sandbags and preparing for heavy rain and high surf.
- Hurricane Polo remains a very powerful Category 5 storm over the eastern Pacific and is forecast to approach the Baja California peninsula early next week, prompting Mexican officials to deploy more than 1,200 soldiers and ready about 170 emergency shelters.
- Hurricane Odalys is far offshore and, according to NHC advisories, currently poses no warnings or direct coastal threat to land.
- Meteorologists link the cluster of storms to a strong El Niño that has warmed the eastern Pacific, producing an unusually active season with nine Pacific hurricanes and three Category 5 storms and raising risks for strained emergency resources and coastal communities.