As Hurricane Polo tracks toward a Monday landfall near San Juanico, the Mexican Army has mobilized 1,200 troops and Mulegé's civil protection council is preparing shelters.
New census data shows Baja California Sur grew 20% in five years — with Los Cabos leading the surge — as Governor Víctor Castro admits water, schools and hospitals are straining to keep up.
Sportfishing charters, panga tours and whale-watching trips are grounded in Los Cabos after the port authority closed navigation ahead of Hurricane Polo.
Municipal crews removed 6.5 tons of debris — including 300 tires — from El Médano Beach after recent storms washed waste onto Cabo's busiest shoreline.