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Hurricane Trudy weakens to tropical storm off Mexico's Pacific coast

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  • Hurricane Trudy weakened to a tropical storm by Monday morning after menacing Mexico's Pacific coast as a category 2 storm.
  • The US National Hurricane Center had placed coastal parts of Jalisco, Michoacán and Colima under hurricane warnings, with sustained winds of up to 60 to 90 mph forecast on Sunday.
  • Flooding killed one person in Greece and five in Istanbul last week, with more than 30 rescue and extrication operations on Greek islands and nearly 600 rescues in Istanbul.
  • A Rhodes station recorded 202mm of rain between 3.30am and 9.50am (UTC) on 14 October; Istanbul's Beykoz district recorded 242mm.
 2026-10-19 · 4 MIN READ

Southern California brush fires force evacuations as more than 150,000 lose power

Illustration accompanying article: Southern California brush fires force evacuations as more than 150,000 lose power
  • Multiple brush fires burning across Southern California forced evacuations on Thursday and Friday.
  • Utilities preemptively shut off electricity to more than 150,000 customers across California, a step The Guardian linked to the role of power equipment in sparking some of the state's worst recent wildfires.
  • The Bryson fire in the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu grew to about 200 acres overnight, with more than 285 firefighters deployed against a blaze that threatened a Los Angeles County juvenile detention facility.
  • Firefighters also worked a wind-driven fire of more than 40 acres in Azusa, where forward progress was stopped, and responded to a fire at Camp Pendleton where Las Flores-area evacuation orders were lifted by Thursday evening.
  • The National Weather Service warned that Santa Ana winds gusting up to 30 mph were forecast to strengthen through Friday afternoon, saying dropping humidity "will favor a critical fire weather threat."
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass directed the city's fire department to deploy personnel and equipment ahead of the winds; the fire department also requested assistance from the state Office of Emergency Services.
 2026-10-16 · 5 MIN READ
Illustration accompanying article: Santa Ana winds raise California wildfire risk through Saturday