Hurricane Trudy may bring “life-threatening” flooding, mudslides to Mexico’s Pacific coast

October 18, 2026 / 8:12 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Hurricane Trudy brought heavy rain and powerful winds to parts of Mexico's Pacific coast on Sunday, impacting sections of the country's western and southwestern states that were already targeted by Hurricane Simon last week.

The National Hurricane Center, which is based in Miami, warned that hurricane and tropical storm conditions could materialize in areas under weather alerts Sunday morning and afternoon. The center also urged people in coastal regions of Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco to prepare for potentially life-threatening flooding and mudslides as a result of the impending rain.

A hurricane warning remained in effect from Manzanillo in Colima state to Cabo Corrientes in Jalisco. As of the hurricane center's latest update, issued in the early hours of Sunday, Trudy had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, making it a Category 2 hurricane. The storm had strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane as it tracked toward Mexico late last week, but it has since weakened.

On Sunday, Trudy was about 135 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo and moving northwest at 10 mph.

Trudy's center was expected to remain near the Mexican coast through Sunday evening before moving south of the Baja…

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