Did El Niño turn Hurricane Polo into the most powerful storm of the season?

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Did El Niño turn Hurricane Polo into the most powerful storm of the season? Close Hurricane Polo, a large storm off the coast of Mexico, has been downgraded to a category 4 hurricane but remains "very powerful", according to the US National Hurricane Center. The Pacific hurricane, one of the strongest of the season, was projected to head towards the coast of south-western Mexico bringing intense wind and rain, but was not expected to make landfall. The slow-moving storm is being fuelled ño climate phenomenon. The BBC's Courtney Sargent explains how El Niño caused one of the most powerful storms of the season in the Pacific Ocean. about how the El Niño climate phenomenon is affecting the globes weather. Subsection Published close panel Share page Copy link About sharing MexicoFollow Mexico close panel You are now following Mexico Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. HurricanesFollow Hurricanes close panel You are now following Hurricanes Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage. Severe weatherFollow Severe weather close panel You are now following Severe weather Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.