Hurricane Simón dropped to Category 3 during the night of Sunday, October 11, 2026, and is moving at 7 kilometers per hour off the coast of Jalisco, while the government of Sinaloa suspended classes for Monday the 12th in seven municipalities in the south of the state.
The National Meteorological Service located the center of the cyclone 75 kilometers southwest of Cabo Corrientes and maintains a hurricane-wind prevention zone from Playa Pérula, Jalisco, to El Roblito, Nayarit, including the Islas Marías. The 21:00 report indicated sustained winds of 195 kilometers per hour and gusts of up to 240, with slow movement toward the northwest, parallel to the coast. The National Civil Protection Coordination activated its alert system in 182 municipalities across six states, with 22 municipalities in Jalisco and seven in Nayarit under red alert. The warning reaches the Pacific tourism and fishing corridor, where thousands of Mexican families and visitors live and work, in the midst of the intense rainy season.
In Jalisco, 739 people were moved to 24 shelters, and Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico extended the temporary closure of Puerto Vallarta International Airport until Tuesday. In Colima, the Ministry of Education and Culture suspended morning-shift classes in Manzanillo, Tecomán, Armería and Minatitlán. The Federal Electricity Commission deployed 3,139 electrical workers, 427 cranes and 208 emergency plants across six states. The Ministry of the Navy reported that naval personnel moved 55 people to the San Mateo shelter in La Huerta. Sinaloa's interim governor, Graciela Domínguez Nava, specified that the class suspension applies in Elota, Cosalá, San Ignacio, Concordia, Rosario, Mazatlán and Escuinapa, in both morning and afternoon shifts.
The National Meteorological Service forecasts extraordinary rainfall in Jalisco, torrential rain in Colima, and intense rain in Nayarit and Michoacán, and maintains the warning for waves of up to 10 meters. The airport operator expects to reopen the terminal on Tuesday, and the government of Sinaloa asked the public to locate the nearest temporary shelters. The National Water Commission and the Ministries of Defense and Health are maintaining response operations along the Pacific coast.
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