Hurricane Roslyn strengthens to category 3 as it moves toward the Pacific coast of Mexico

The hurricane Roslyn It intensified this Saturday to category 3 while advancing towards tourist areas along the Pacific coast of Mexico and is expected to make landfall on Sunday, reported the National Hurricane Center from the United States.

Roslyn is forecast to gain strength as it tracks parallel to the southwestern coast of Mexico through noon Saturday before making landfall along the Nayarit state coast on Sunday morning, bringing strong winds and a large storm surge. said the body.

Nayarit is home to popular beach destinations like Sayulita and Punta Mita.

According to that report, the storm was about 270 km southwest of the port city of Manzanillo.

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Although weakening was possible as of Saturday night, Roslyn was still expected to be near or at major hurricane strength when it made landfall, the Miami-based center said.

The maximum sustained winds were close to 195 kilometers per hour, and intense rains in the upper coast of Colima, Jalisco and western Nayarit.

Heavy rains could lead to flash flooding and possible landslides in areas of rugged terrain on the southwest and west-central coast of Mexico,” it said.

Preparations to protect life and property “must be completed quickly” for the hurricane warning areas along the Jalisco and Nayarit coasts from Playa Perula to El Roblito, it added.

The authorities have declared a preventive alert in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Sinaloa, located on the Pacific coast.

Each year Mexico suffers the onslaught of tropical cyclones on both its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November.

At the end of May, Agatha, the first phenomenon of the season in the Pacific, hit the coast of the state of Oaxaca, where the rains in mountainous towns left eleven people dead.

On October 3, Orlene made landfall in the state of Sinaloa as category 1, leaving mainly material damage. On September 8, Kay, also 1, reached the south of the Baja California peninsula causing minor damage.