Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico's Baja braces for major Hurricane Polo

Hurricane Nolo floods a section of Mamalahoa highway on Saturday, near Naalehu, Hawaii. Photograph: Gregory Bull/APView image in fullscreenHurricane Nolo floods a section of Mamalahoa highway on Saturday, near Naalehu, Hawaii.

Fotografia: Gregory Bull/APUS news O furacão Nolo ainda ameaça o Havaí enquanto a Baja do México se prepara para o grande furacão Polo O furacão Nolo está se afastando das ilhas havaianas, mas a ameaça de chuvas fortes, inundações repentinas e ventos fortes persiste.

Prefer the Guardian on GoogleHurricane Nolo was moving away from the Hawaiian islands on Sunday, but the threat of heavy rain, flash flooding and strong winds persisted in areas of the island chain still recovering from previous storms.

Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away from the Big Island at about 12mph (19kph). But the Hawaii county civil defense agency said a high wind warning, wind advisory and high surf advisory remained in effect for parts of the island through Sunday evening as Nolo’s maximum sustained winds rose to 115mph (165kph).

Nolo estava previsto para fortalecer ainda mais e virar em direção ao noroeste até a noite de domingo, embora o US National Hurricane Center tenha dito que o centro da tempestade permaneceria bem ao sul e sudoeste das Hawaiian Islands.

The storm was expected to approach the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, a national conservation area, early this week.

Forecasters said Nolo’s outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20in (50cm ) of rain.

Heavy rain also was expected on the other islands.

Heavy rain fell across the southern part of the Big Island on Saturday afternoon, prompting partial closures of one of the main highways linking Kailua-Kona in the west to Hilo in the east.

Ver imagem em tela cheia Membros da Guarda Nacional do Exército do Havaí ajudam um residente a deixar sua casa enquanto a água da chuva do próximo furacão Nolo inunda uma seção da rodovia Mamalahoa no sábado.

Photograph: Gregory Bull/APNear Naalehu, at the island’s southern point, National Guard members were seen guiding a man driving through flooded streets as he tried to leave his home during a downpour.

More than 120 guard members were activated on the island, part of roughly 400 statewide after the governor issued an emergency proclamation.

Os residentes ainda estão se recuperando do furacão Lala, que produziu chuvas fortes e ventos fortes o suficiente para arrancar cerca de 100 casas de suas fundações na Big Island.

About a dozen people were in the water Saturday morning at Carlsmith Beach Park in Hilo on the Big Island, despite signs saying the strand was closed. Andrea Gill was out for her regular swim before heading back home to hunker down with family.

Shop owners boarded up businesses, and events were canceled. Gill said storms are common, but hurricanes are rare. She was holding out hope that the islands might not get the full impact.

Donald Trump recentemente aprovou uma declaração de emergência, autorizando a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) a coordenar assistência e fornecer apoio financeiro.

Hawaiian Electric, the state’s primary utility, said crews helping restore power in Kauai after this month’s Hurricane Lowell returned to Oahu, Maui and the Big Island in response to Nolo.

The Pacific has been unusually active this season, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec, with storm activity running above average during what is already the peak of hurricane season.

He said that pattern is consistent with El Niño years, when the Pacific often sees more tropical storms and hurricanes.

View image in fullscreenYellow tapes on Medano Beach on Sunday as Hurricane Polo approaches Baja California Sur, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Photograph: Raquel Cunha/ReutersMeanwhile, parts of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula awaited the arrival of another major hurricane with a similar name, Polo, as it edged closer after lashing other parts of the country’s southwest coast with rain and strong winds.

O furacão Polo permaneceu como um furacão perigoso de categoria 3, com ventos sustentados máximos de 125 mph (205 kph) e movendo‑se para o noroeste‑norte a 12 mph (19 kph), a cerca de 275 milhas (445 km) ao sul‑sudoeste de Cabo San Lucas, na ponta sul da península, disseram os meteorologistas de furacões dos EUA na tarde de domingo.

It was moving to the north at 12mph (19kph).

Mexico’s National Meteorological Service, or SMN, said in a post on the social media platform X that Polo was expected to make a Baja landfall on Monday.

O governo mexicano emitiu alerta de furacão ao longo da costa continental, de Huatabampito a Guaymas.

The Mexican navy said in a statement that it has gathered personnel and humanitarian aid in the ports of Guaymas and Mazatlan, on Mexico’s Pacific coast, and has deployed three vessels that could ship aid to coastal communities isolated by the hurricane.

One of the towns in the hurricane’s projected path is San Juanico, a small fishing community on Baja’s Pacific coast. The town has only had full-time electricity for a few years, and still experiences frequent outages.

Há preocupação de que estradas alagadas possam bloquear o acesso ao centro médico mais próximo, a cerca de 80 minutos de distância em Ciudad Constitucion.

Robles Meza said Sunday that the Mexican Army arrived in San Juanico to prepare a shelter and to provide support for possible emergencies. An electrical crew was also there to prepare for Polo’s arrival.

Also on Sunday, tropical storm Rachel formed well off Mexico’s south-west coast, the Miami-based US hurricane center said. It added that Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 40mph (65kph) and was located about 300 miles (485km ) south of Acapulco, Mexico.

Nenhum alerta ou aviso costeiro estava em vigor.

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• Nolo was about 365 miles (585km) south-south-west of Honolulu and moving away fro
• That Rachel had maximum sustained winds of 40mph (65kph) and was located about 300 miles (485km ) south of Acapulco, Mexico