A forecast from AccuWeather says that as much as 55 inches of rain is possible from Nolo, which could rival Hawaii's all-time highest rainfall total from a tropical cyclone. The record now belongs to Hurricane Lane, which dumped 58 inches on the Big Island in 2018.

Even if the storm does not make direct landfall, heavy rain may produce life-threatening flooding and mudslides,” the U.S. Embassy in Mexico said in a weather alert.

The storm is expected to stay mainly offshore as it moves north along the western coast of Mexico this week. It’s one of the strongest ever in that region.

Powerful Hurricane Polo is sending bands of heavy rain across Mexico’s Pacific coast as Tropical Storm Nolo approaches Hawaii with the potential for catastrophic flooding.

Hurricane Polo intensified rapidly in the Pacific off the southwestern Mexican coast, growing into a Category 5 storm before weakening slightly to a Category 4. Here's the latest on its path.

During El Nino, low-level surface winds blowing from east to west across the Pacific are weakened or sometimes reversed. It causes a shift in the jet stream and drives record global heat, severe droughts, wildfires and shrinking water supplies.

A bizarre “death band” has appeared on the side of monster Hurricane Polo — freaking out weather watchers as the Category 4 storm churns toward the Baja California Peninsula. Videos of Polo barreling across the Pacific showed a strange bubble-like band of pressure bulging from the storm,

Bold NOAA hurricane hunters ventured into the eye of Category 5-rated Hurricane Polo this week, revealing the true size of the gigantic storm.