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Hurricane Simon, which reached Category 4 this Saturday, is approaching the coasts of Jalisco and Colima in the Mexican Pacific, where it is expected to make landfall on Sunday, according to Mexico's National Meteorological Service (SMN).
According to the SMN, Simon intensified into a Category 4 hurricane at 00:00 local time (06:00 GMT), with maximum sustained winds of 220 kilometers per hour and gusts of 270.
At 9:00 local time (18:00 GMT), Simon already had maximum sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour with gusts of 290, while moving north at six kilometers per hour.
The center of the hurricane was located approximately 185 kilometers south-southwest of Manzanillo, Colima, and 345 kilometers south-southeast of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco.
At least five states remain on alert due to the effects of the cyclone, which will generate extraordinary rains, greater than 250 millimeters, in Colima, according to the SMN.
Torrential rainfall of 150 to 250 millimeters is also expected in Jalisco and Michoacán, and very heavy rains of 50 to 75 millimeters in Nayarit and Guerrero.
In addition, sustained winds of up to 110 kilometers per hour and high waves of up to eight meters in height are forecast.
The SMN and the Mexican Navy expect the cyclone to continue strengthening in the coming hours to reach Category 4 before making landfall in the early hours of Sunday, between Jalisco and Colima.
For her part, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called on the population to take shelter and evacuate vulnerable areas, especially in the states of Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, and Nayarit.
In addition, she noted that the DN-III-E and Navy plans are active in their preventive phase.
The phenomenon evolved from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Thursday, after recording sustained winds of 120 kilometers per hour, and on Friday it intensified rapidly to Category 2.
Since late September, the region has faced the effects of Polo and Rachel, two hurricanes that reached categories 5 and 3, respectively.
Rachel remains a tropical storm, far from the Mexican coast, after causing effects in Guerrero and areas of the South Pacific.
Meanwhile, Polo remained for more than 48 non-consecutive hours as a Category 5 hurricane before making landfall in Baja California Sur and Sonora.
For the 2026 season, Mexico expects between 18 and 21 named cyclones in the Pacific, of which four to five could be major hurricanes.
[Publicidad]