Overview
- The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional confirmed that depression Veintiuno‑E became Tropical Storm Trudy on Tuesday, with its center several hundred kilometers south of Oaxaca and moving northwest.
- Forecast models and official advisories project Trudy will become a hurricane early on October 15 and could rapidly intensify to major‑hurricane strength around October 16 if current conditions persist.
- Hurricane Simón has strengthened to Category 2 over the eastern Pacific and is already producing hazardous rain, strong winds and elevated seas along the coasts of Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa.
- Mexican authorities and the NHC have issued zones of vigilance and coastal watches from Islas Marías through Escuinapa and Bahía Tempehuaya, and Baja California civil protection is monitoring a possible approach near San Quintín on Sunday, October 18.
- Officials warn the two systems will increase risks of heavy rain, landslides, river rises and coastal flooding in western, southern and southeastern states, with saturated soils from earlier storms raising the chance of deadly flash floods and mudslides.