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Safety · Sunday, October 18, 2026

Hurricane Trudy brings heavy rain and strong wind to Mexico's west coast

Added 7:40 a.m. ET, Oct. 18

The File desk · Oct 18, 2026, 12:15 PM UTC

Status

Confirmed. The position, winds, warnings, rain, and forecast are the U.S. National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Trudy Public Advisory Number 20, issued at 2:00 a.m. MST Sun Oct 18, 2026.
  • Confirmed
    Hurricane Trudy is skirting the Pacific coast of west-central Mexico with top winds near 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said at 2 a.m. Mountain time Sunday. At that hour the center was about 135 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at about 10 mph. That is a little weaker than the roughly 120 mph in Friday's story.
  • Confirmed
    A hurricane warning covers the coast from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes. Forecasters warn the rain could bring deadly floods and mudslides. A hurricane watch runs from south of Manzanillo to Punta San Telmo. Tropical storm warnings cover that same stretch, the coast north of Cabo Corrientes to San Blas, and the Islas Marías. The center also warns of a dangerous storm surge where winds blow onshore.
  • Confirmed
    Rain: 4 to 8 inches through the weekend in Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco, with up to about 12 inches in spots. Guerrero and Nayarit could get 2 to 4 inches. The center expects Trudy to stay near the coast through Sunday evening, start weakening fast Sunday night, and pass south of Baja California Sur on Monday and Tuesday. Hurricane-force winds reach about 30 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds about 105 miles.
Hurricane Trudy is skirting the Pacific coast of west-central Mexico with top winds near 105 mph, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said at 2 a.m. Mountain time Sunday.1 A hurricane warning covers the coast from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes. Forecasters warn the rain could bring deadly floods and mudslides.
At that hour the center was about 135 miles west-southwest of Manzanillo, moving northwest at about 10 mph. That is a little weaker than the roughly 120 mph in Friday's story.1
Rain: 4 to 8 inches through the weekend in Michoacán, Colima and Jalisco, with up to about 12 inches in spots, the center says. Guerrero and Nayarit could get 2 to 4 inches.1
Other alerts: a hurricane watch runs from south of Manzanillo to Punta San Telmo. Tropical storm warnings cover that same stretch, the coast north of Cabo Corrientes to San Blas, and the Islas Marías. The center also warns of a dangerous storm surge where winds blow onshore.1
What comes next: the center expects Trudy to stay near the coast through Sunday evening, start weakening fast Sunday night, and pass south of Baja California Sur on Monday and Tuesday.1
What is not known: this desk has not seen an official count of damage or injuries in Mexico.
Hurricane-force winds reach about 30 miles from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds about 105 miles.1

Notes

  1. 1.U.S. National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Trudy Public Advisory Number 20, 2:00 a.m. MST Sun Oct 18, 2026: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP1+shtml/

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Hurricane Trudy Public Advisory Number 20

    U.S. National Hurricane Center · October 18, 2026

    Hurricane Trudy is skirting the Pacific coast of west-central Mexico with top winds near 105 mph at 2 a.m. Mountain time Sunday. A hurricane warning covers the coast from Manzanillo north to Cabo Corrientes.

    https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP1+shtml/