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Puerto Vallarta businesses board up windows as Hurricane Simon threatens Mexico’s west-central coast.
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City in Jalisco, Mexico
Puerto Vallarta is a Mexican resort city on Bahía de Banderas of the Pacific coast of the Mexican state of Jalisco. Puerto Vallarta is the second largest urban agglomeration in the state after the Guadalajara metropolitan area. The city of Puerto Vallarta is the government seat of the municipality of Puerto Vallarta, which comprises the city as well as population centers outside of the city, extending from Boca de Tomatlán to the Nayarit border. The city is located at 20°40′N 105°16′W. The municipality has an area of 681 square kilometres (262.9 sq mi).
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Eastern Pacific hurricane in 2026
Hurricane Simon is a very powerful tropical cyclone currently affecting Southwestern Mexico. The twenty-first named storm, eleventh hurricane, and ninth major hurricane of the extremely active 2026 Pacific hurricane season, Simon formed on October 7 from an area of low pressure south of Mexico.
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Simon has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 hurricane as it barrels toward Mexico
MANZANILLO, Mexico – Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, threatening destructive winds, storm surges and potentially deadly flooding as it approaches landfall. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Simon was located about 115 miles south-southwest of…
Hurricane Simon strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm and was expected to make landfall or skirt the coast of west-central Mexico on Sunday, according...