The cyclone ripped roofs off houses, felled trees and flooded roads as it swept over Mexico's Pacific coast, although officials reported no injuries. Forecasts call for dangerous flash flooding across the US Southwest through Friday. Earlier in its progression, Polo reached Category 5 strength and brought dangerous waves to southwestern Mexico before weakening to a Category 3 storm at landfall.
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Hurricane Polo Remnants Trigger Flood Watches for 28 Million People
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Emergency services ordered evacuations in New Mexico on Tuesday as the remnants of Hurricane Polo entered the United States. The National Hurricane Center reported the storm made a second landfall near Guaymas, Mexico, after first striking the Baja California peninsula on Monday night. Flood watches are currently active for around 28 million people across the American Southwest and the Plains.
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