MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday.
Trudy was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
The hurricane was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph) and was expected to approach the coast of southwestern and west-central Mexico this weekend, the center said.
Trudy was on track to become a major hurricane on Friday, bringing rainfall of 4 to 8 inches (101 to 203 millimeters) through the weekend across Colima and Jalisco states, the center said.
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This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Tropical Storm Trudy in the Pacific, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (NOAA via AP)
ISTANBUL (AP) — A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least two people. Rescuers worked overnight to save hundreds of people stranded at their workplaces, while bystanders helped countless others.
The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundated roads and underpasses, stranding vehicles and causing traffic chaos in Turkey’s largest city.
Officials on Thursday reported two deaths in the city. A 14-year-old was electrocuted after stepping in a puddle at a park in the Fatih district, and a 34-year-old slipped on a sidewalk in the Sariyer district and hit their head, local media reports said.
Interior Minister Mustafa Ciftci said that more than 2,700 people who were stranded by the floods were safely evacuated throughout the city.
The Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality said that some areas had the highest amount of rain since 1985.
In Sakarya province, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Istanbul, a two-story house that was built on a riverbed, collapsed in the floods, HaberTurk television reported. It wasn't immediately known if anyone was inside the structure.
The country’s weather agency has predicted more showers for Istanbul and the surrounding area in the coming days.
The governor’s office extended a schools’ closure order to include Friday. On Thursday, some state employees were placed on leave.
Advice issued by the governor’s office late Wednesday had asked residents to stay home unless travel was absolutely necessary.
Motorcycles, meanwhile, were barred from traffic.
A car lies toppled in the aftermath of floods caused by heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Commuters arrive to the Kabatas ferry terminal during a rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Vehicles lie scattered in the aftermath of flooding caused by heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Pedestrians walk along Istiklal main street under a heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Huseyin Ozdemir/DIA Photo via AP)
Vehicles are seen next to a partially flooded highway during heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Egecan Ozguner)
Vehicles are stranded in a partially flooded highway during heavy rains in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Egecan Ozguner)
Vehicles drive along a partially flooded road during a heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Omer Hamza Yildiz/DIA Photo via AP)
Vehicles drive along a partially flooded road during a heavy rain in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. (Omer Hamza Yildiz/DIA Photo via AP)
