According to storm news, the latest low pressure from the US National Hurricane Center (NHC), Typhoon Genevieve has officially strengthened into a super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean.
The strongest sustained wind near the storm center reached 195 km/h, gusts were stronger and the central pressure dropped to 963 hPa. This is the first super typhoon in the Eastern Pacific region in the 2026 storm season.
Super typhoon Genevieve is moving in a West-Northwest direction at a speed of about 26 km/h, about 825 km southwest of Manzanillo (Mexico).
The NHC said super typhoon Genevieve has increased in intensity from about 105 km/h to 195 km/h in just 24 hours. It is forecast that in the next 24 hours, the typhoon may strengthen by at least 37 km/h. The maximum wind speed is forecast to reach 240 km/h in the afternoon of July 27. After that, the super typhoon began to gradually decrease in intensity but still reached a strong typhoon threshold in at least the next 5 days.
Forecasts for the next few days show that the super typhoon will continue to move west-northwest to northwest, then slow down as the subtropical high pressure moves eastward and a low pressure trough develops over southern Mexico. Forecast models all show that super typhoon Genevieve will continue to operate offshore, unlikely to make landfall in Mexico in the coming days.
However, super typhoon Genevieve has begun to create large waves along the southwestern coast of Mexico. The NHC warns that waves generated by the storm will continue to spread to the southern part of the Baja California peninsula in the coming days, which could cause large waves and dangerous offshore currents for coastal residents and tourists.
No storm warnings have yet been issued for the mainland region of Mexico.
However, people and tourists in areas affected by the super typhoon should pay attention to weather developments. Follow local instructions and regularly check flight schedules so that storms do not affect the journey.
