Baja California SurPolo’s central pressure fell 88 millibars in 24 hours.
The hurricane center expects landfall on Mexico’s Baja peninsula Monday, with life-threatening flooding and mudslides from Sunday.
A near-historic El Niño and warm water took it from tropical depression to Category 5 in about 40 hours.
The hurricane center rated Polo a Category 4 with 155 mph winds Saturday morning.
The National Weather Service warns Polo and Odalys moisture could bring flash flooding to the US Desert Southwest.
How each outlet framed it
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- The Weather Network
- specifies record pressure (892 mb) and second-fastest pressure drop ever recorded
- Newsweek
- foregrounds inland cascade effect: heavy rainfall across Arizona through Kansas
- India Today
- tracks intensity oscillation pattern (Category 5→4→5) amid forecasting uncertainty
Sources: Newsweek, The Weather Network, India Today