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Hurricane Polo, the second-most intense hurricane on record in the eastern Pacific (892 mb at peak on Sept 22), made landfall in Baja California Sur, Mexico late on Sept 28 with sustained winds around 115 mph and a central pressure of 963 mb. The US National Hurricane Center warned of life-threatening winds and flash flooding as Polo came ashore near Cabo San Lazaro, fueled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters. GDACS issued a red alert, estimating about 222,000 people were exposed to category-1-or-higher winds. The storm capped an unusually active eastern Pacific season, with hurricane warnings and heavy rain spreading across the Baja peninsula ahead of landfall. Forecasters tracked its weakening and turn to the northeast as it moved inland, with continued flooding risk expected across the region in the coming hours.