(../../../../favicon_aje.ico) Mexican president urges residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon approaches | Weather News | Al Jazeera    (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/11/mexican-president-urges-residents-to-shelter-as-hurricane-simon-approaches)                                            (https://www.aljazeera.com/xml/rss/all.xml)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/10/11/mexican-president-urges-residents-to-shelter-as-hurricane-simon-approaches)  (https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-11T173328Z_255998929_RC251OAL9BF5_RTRMADP_3_STORM-SIMON-1791744928.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440)  (../../../../wp-content/uploads/2026/10/2026-10-11T173328Z_255998929_RC251OAL9BF5_RTRMADP_3_STORM-SIMON-1791744928.jpg@resize=770,513&quality=80)     (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org) (https://cdn.cookielaw.org/scripttemplates/otSDKStub.js) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://www.google-analytics.com) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (https://static.chartbeat.com/) (../../../../static/css/vendor~main~d08ff9cb.24bf1742.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~748942c6.7538e11f.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~b07b7304.e3bc53a0.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~6e6dca10.74fd263a.r2.chunk.css) (../../../../static/css/component~main~5db14389.9adb4a4c.r2.chunk.css) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Bold.52bb58c8.woff2) (https://www.aljazeera.com/static/media/Roboto-Regular.c5bf51b6.woff2)  (../../../../static/css/vendor~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-blo~5f903362.2e08e417.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~41c72a2c.3f309873.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/component~aje/containers/home-page~components/video-article/videoPageDispatcher~containers/amp-live-~06be7c11.0625e98d.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/pages/article-page~493df0b3.accd71c7.r2.chunk.css)  (../../../../static/css/common~493df0b3.ec3ab9b5.r2.chunk.css)   Skip links (mexican-president-urges-residents-to-shelter-as-hurricane-simon-approaches@traffic_source=rss.html#main-content-area) Skip to Content  (https://www.aljazeera.com/)          (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Sign up  Show navigation menu     Navigation menu (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News    Show more news sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/africa/) Africa   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia/) Asia   (https://www.aljazeera.com/us-canada/) US & Canada   (https://www.aljazeera.com/latin-america/) Latin America   (https://www.aljazeera.com/europe/) Europe   (https://www.aljazeera.com/asia-pacific/) Asia Pacific      (https://www.aljazeera.com/middle-east/) Middle East   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/explainer/) Explained   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sports) Sport   (https://www.aljazeera.com/opinion/) Opinion   (https://www.aljazeera.com/videos/) Video   More   Show more sections  (https://www.aljazeera.com/aljazeera-originals) Originals   (https://www.aljazeera.com/features/) Features   (https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/) Economy   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/human-rights/) Human Rights   (https://www.aljazeera.com/climate-crisis) Climate Crisis   (https://www.aljazeera.com/investigations/) Investigations   (https://www.aljazeera.com/interactives/) Interactives   (https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/) In Pictures   (https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/science-and-technology/) Science & Technology   (https://www.aljazeera.com/audio/podcasts) Podcasts   (https://www.aljazeera.com/travel) Travel   (https://www.aljazeera.com/sponsored/) Sponsored Content        (https://www.aljazeera.com/video/live) play    Live    Click here to search search     Sign up        (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/) News |(https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/weather/) Weather   Mexican president urges residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon approaches The Mexican community of Cabo Corrientes faces the risk of a direct hit as the Category 4 storm churns off Jalisco.   Listen   Listen (3 mins)       Save       Share Mexican president urges residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon approaches on social media share-nodes    Share (https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihz1nj) facebook      (https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Mexican%20president%20urges%20residents%20to%20shelter%20as%20Hurricane%20Simon%20approaches&source=sharethiscom&related=sharethis&via=AJEnglish&url=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihz1nj) x    (whatsapp://send?text=https%3A%2F%2Faje.news%2Fihz1nj) whatsapp-stroke    (https://aje.news/ihz1nj)  copylink          google       Add Al Jazeera on Google  info      (People traverse a flooded street as Hurricane Simon approaches Mexico's Pacific coast, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to Manzanillo, Mexico, October 11, 2026. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril)   People wade and paddle through a flooded street in Manzanillo, Mexico, on October 11, 2026 [Daniel Becerril/Reuters]   By  Reutersand The Associated Press   Published On 11 Oct 2026 11 Oct 2026    Mexican President ‌‌Claudia Sheinbaum has urged residents along the Pacific Ocean to stay indoors as Hurricane Simon’s powerful winds and heavy rains pound coastal communities. As of Sunday, the hurricane’s eye was moving offshore of Mexico’s Jalisco state, with winds of at least 240km/h (150mph). 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Simon reached Category 4 strength, on a scale of five, on Saturday, as part of an unusually active Pacific hurricane season. “With the approaching impact of Category 4 Hurricane Simon, we urge residents of coastal municipalities ‌‌in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to remain sheltered until authorities officially declare that the danger has passed,” Sheinbaum wrote in (https://x.com/Claudiashein/status/2109312676706812380?s=20) a post on the social media platform X on Sunday. In a midday (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP5+shtml/111452.shtml?) advisory , the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Simon could produce “additional rainfall totals of 8 to 16 inches (20 to 41 cm) over portions of southwestern Mexico”. Precipitation totals as high as 76 cm (30 inches) were possible in areas of Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco until Monday. It’s not clear whether the storm will make landfall. But the greatest risk of a direct hit lies at the moment with Cabo Corrientes, a town that sits on a cape in Jalisco, jutting into the Pacific Ocean. (A man boards up a shop as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano))  A man boards up a shop as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on October 10 [Fernando Llano/AP]  Mexico’s National Civil Protection ⁠⁠Coordination (CNPC) placed 28 municipalities in Jalisco and Colima under its highest cyclone alert level, while another 93 municipalities were under a ⁠⁠high alert level, according to civil protection bulletins. Advertisement    Classes were suspended in the affected areas, and efforts to evacuate residents were under way. Businesses in popular tourist destinations like Puerto Vallarta boarded up windows and placed sandbags at entrances as the storm approached. Jalisco’s Governor Pablo Navarro warned that the high-powered hurricane was creating “high-risk marine conditions” along the coast of his state, with waves reaching as high as eight metres (26 feet). On Sunday, he also shared video on social media of the storm surge crashing onto sidewalks and flooding waterways. “Here is the current state of Jalisco’s beaches this morning — from Barra de Navidad to Puerto Vallarta — as Hurricane Simon passes through,” he wrote in the video’s caption. “I ask everyone to heed official instructions, take precautions and avoid putting themselves at risk. 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