Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26 was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Wednesday, 7 October 2026 at 15:00 UTC. The event is classified as a cyclone / hurricane incident with a severity rating of Extreme, and was detected through the United Nations' Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS).
Red Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26 in Mexico from: 07 Oct 2026 to: 10 Oct 2026 . Official GDACS alert level: RED.
Where this happened
The incident is located in Mexico (North America), whose capital is Mexico City. Historically, Mexico is most affected by earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanic activity and floods. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the Mexico incident tracker.
Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 17.600°, -104.800°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.
Understanding cyclone / hurricane events
Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons with damaging wind and surge. Tropical cyclones cause harm through four separate mechanisms: sustained wind, storm surge, inland flooding from rainfall, and tornadoes embedded in outer bands. Historically, storm surge and inland flooding kill far more people than wind.
How severity is rated
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Safety guidance for cyclone / hurricane situations
- Know whether you are in a storm-surge evacuation zone and leave before roads become impassable.
- Shelter in an interior room away from windows; the eye passing overhead is not the end of the storm.
- Stock water, medication, cash, power banks and documents in a waterproof bag.
- Most cyclone deaths come from water, not wind — take flood warnings as seriously as wind warnings.
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Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from the United Nations' Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS) and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Officially recorded
An official record exists from GDACS (UN / European Commission). That confirms the event was recorded; figures quoted from news reports are not confirmed by it.
How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.
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· received · event time 7 Oct 2026, 15:00 UTCFirst report Official agency record
First recorded from GDACS (UN / European Commission).
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Tropical Cyclone TWENTY-E-26" became "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
Severity raised from Severe to Extreme after GDACS (UN / European Commission) updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26" became "Red notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 1.056 million .".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Red notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 1.056 million ." became "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
Severity lowered from Extreme to Severe after GDACS (UN / European Commission) updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26" became "Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 90979 .".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 90979 ." became "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26" became "Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.729 million .".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Orange notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.729 million ." became "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26" became "Red notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.749 million .".
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· receivedSource revised Official agency record
GDACS (UN / European Commission) revised its report: "Red notification for tropical cyclone SIMON-26. Population affected by Category 1 (120 km/h) wind speeds or higher is 0.749 million ." became "Tropical Cyclone SIMON-26".
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
15.8 mm of rain fell that day, and the temperature peaked at 30°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.