Hurricane Trudy is a tropical cyclone of the 2026 Pacific hurricane season. The name Trudy has previously been used for other tropical cyclones, including Hurricane Trudy in 1990 and Tropical Storm Trudy in 2014.

In the supplied news context, Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane while approaching southwestern and west-central Mexico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center reported maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) when the storm was about 300 miles (480 km) southwest of Acapulco.

Forecasts cited in the article indicated that Trudy could become a major hurricane and bring 4 to 8 inches (101 to 203 millimeters) of rainfall to parts of Colima and Jalisco through the weekend.