Hurricane Genevieve: first Category 5 of 2026 hits California with huge swell | The Ground Truth [BTGVEIPX9yt]

Hurricane Genevieve rapidly intensified into the first Category 5 Pacific hurricane of 2026, with winds near 160 mph about 500 miles southwest of Baja California. Now a high-end Category 4, it is sending a long-period south swell and life-threatening surf and rip currents toward Southern California this week. The closing frames show a hurricane seen from the International Space Station. Footage: @surfline; space imagery: NASA / ISS. Cross-verified with Surfline, Yale Climate Connections and Newsweek. #Shorts #Hurricane #California