Hurricane Narda (2025)

Hurricane Narda was a moderately strong tropical cyclone that brought heavy rain and strong winds to portions of Western Mexico in September 2025. The sixteenth named storm of the 2025 Pacific hurricane season, Narda formed from the combination of a tropical wave and an area of disturbed weather in a monsoon trough off the coast of southwestern Mexico. An area of low pressure began to form from the combination of the two. The low began to organize and became a tropical storm on September 21, offshore the coast of Guerrero. The system then began to strengthen while moving west-northwestward due to moving into an environment with warm sea surface temperatures. Narda then reached its peak as a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 970 mbar (28.64 inHg) on early on September 24. However, increasing wind shear caused the system to weaken to Category 1 hurricane status later that day. Narda maintained this intensity until September 28, and weakened to a tropical storm while turning northward. The storm continued to weaken before degenerating to a remnant low later that day. The low dissipated on October 1.

Despite remaining offshore, the outer rain bands of Narda caused significant flooding across portions of Western Mexico. Heavy rainfall flooded several homes and triggered numerous landslides. Damage was most severe in the state Chiapas, where the tropical wave that spawned Narda flooded over 1,338 homes and affected over 1,973 people. Overall, five people were killed - one in Oaxaca, one in Guerrero, two in Nayarit, and one in Jalisco. However, a specific damage toll is unknown.