Hurricane Roslyn reaches category 4 heading for the Mexican coast

Hurricane Roslyn has reached category 4 this Saturday with maximum sustained winds of 215 kilometers per hour, as confirmed by the United States National Hurricane Center (CNH).

The cyclone, which continues its trajectory towards the Pacific coast of Mexico, could reach the north of the tourist center of Puerto Vallarta with winds and rains of greater intensity than those registered so far.

The latest CNH report indicated that the storm was centered about 275 kilometers south-southwest of Cabo Corrientes, the point of land that juts out into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta, and was moving north-northwest 13 kilometers per hour.

The center of Hurricane Orlene made landfall on October 3 in roughly the same region, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southeast of Mazatlán.

Hurricane-force winds from the meteor extended out to a radius of 30 kilometers (25 miles) from its vortex, while tropical-force winds reached 130 kilometers (80 miles) away, the NHC added.

Mexico issued a hurricane watch for a stretch of coastline from Playa Perula, south of Cabo Corrientes, to El Roblito in the north and the Islas Marías.

Mexico’s National Water Commission reported that the rains dumped by Roslyn could cause landslides and flooding, and the NHC warned of possible dangerous storm surges on the coast, as well as 10 to 15 centimeters (4 to 6 inches) of rain.

The governor of the state of Jalisco, Enrique Alfaro, tweeted that any school activity in the region will be canceled on Saturday and urged the population to avoid tourist activities on beaches and in mountainous areas during the weekend.

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