Hurricane Trudy brings rain to Mexico’s Pacific coast as flooding warnings continue

On Sunday, October 18, 2026, Hurricane Trudy lashed Mexico’s Pacific shoreline with powerful winds and downpours as warnings highlighted the risk of deadly floods and mudslides. Associated Press reported that the storm remained offshore as a Category 2 hurricane and that forecasters expected it to move away.²⁵

Rainfall warnings across coastal states

Parts of Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco were forecast to receive four to eight inches of rain, according to reports published by The Straits Times on October 17 and AOL on October 18. The rainfall warnings identified steep terrain as particularly vulnerable to flooding and landslides.¹⁴

The reports gave different forecasts for isolated rainfall totals. The Straits Times and The Guardian reported on Saturday that some locations could receive around 15 inches. AOL’s Sunday report put isolated totals at around 12 inches. Those figures were forecasts, rather than measurements of rain already recorded.¹³⁴

The risk extended beyond those three states. According to The Straits Times, Trudy’s outer bands could deliver two to four inches of rain in Guerrero and Nayarit, with isolated amounts near six inches. That forecast also warned of flash flooding in some locations in both states.¹

The Guardian reported on October 17 that officials in Colima said further downpours could be destructive because the soil was already waterlogged. The same report said the Mexican navy had urged mariners and people living along the coast to take precautions.³

Storm expected to weaken

AOL reported on Sunday that Trudy was about 150 miles west of Manzanillo, moving northwest alongside the Pacific coast. Its account described heavy rain and strong winds affecting parts of southwestern and west-central Mexico early that day, while the hurricane retained its strength.⁴

According to that account, Trudy was forecast to linger off the shoreline until Sunday evening and then lose strength during the night. The report cited a US National Hurricane Center prediction that the storm would start losing strength quickly that night, with its forecast path passing below Baja California Sur during Monday and Tuesday.⁴

Coastal hazards remain in forecasts

On October 17, The Guardian reported that a hurricane warning covered the stretch from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes. According to the newspaper, Mexican authorities put Las Islas Marias under a tropical storm warning while lifting the equivalent alert below Lazaro Cardenas.³

The National Hurricane Center repeated warnings about storm surge and damaging waves along exposed parts of the Pacific coast, according to AOL’s October 18 report. The Straits Times had also warned that Trudy’s swells could create life-threatening surf and rip currents, with surge-related flooding possible where winds pushed water toward shore.¹⁴