Hurricane Roslyn is expected to deliver a treacherous storm surge to parts of Mexico today after ploughing over the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm just offshore from the resort of Puerto Vallarta.
Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds of 215 km/h, according to the US National Hurricane Center, had increased to “very dangerous” levels early on Sunday (local time).
The hurricane centre predicted at midnight Sunday that the storm would “deliver damaging gusts, a life-threatening storm surge, and torrential rains to sections of west-central Mexico today.”
The centre estimated Roslyn’s core to be heading north at 19 km/h and roughly 75 km west of Cabo Corrientes, the promontory protruding into the Pacific south of Puerto Vallarta.
Although Roslyn was expected to pass relatively near to Cabo Corrientes and the area around Puerto Vallarta throughout the night, forecasters cautioned that those regions would still see strong winds, heavy rain, and severe surf.
From Escuinapa to the Las Islas Marias and Playa Perula, a hurricane warning was in effect. According to the centre, a hurricane watch was in place from Mazatlan north of Escuinapa.
On Sunday morning, the storm was anticipated to make landfall in the state of Nayarit.
On October 3, Hurricane Orlene made landfall a little further north in the same general area, about 75 km southeast of the resort town of Mazatlan.
According to the US hurricane centre, winds from a tropical storm or hurricane could be felt 130 km (45 miles) from Roslyn’s centre.
A hurricane warning was posted on a stretch of coast from Playa Perula south of Cabo Corrientes north to El Roblito and for the Islas Marias.
Tourists dined at seaside restaurants Saturday near Puerto Vallarta and at smaller resorts further north on the Nayarit coast, where the storm was probably headed, appearing unaware of the impending storm.
“No problem. According to Jaime Cantón, a receptionist at the Casa Maria hotel in Puerto Vallarta, “everything is peaceful, everything is usual.” He said that if winds picked up, the hotel would gather up outside furniture “so nothing will go flying.
Although the sky started to get cloudier, the waves stayed the same, and not many people seemed to be running to take safety measures. At Puerto Vallarta, swimmers were still present in the water.
“The place is full of tourists,” said Patricia Morales, a receptionist at the Punta Guayabitas hotel in the laid-back beach town of the same name, farther up the coast.
When asked about safety measures, Morales responded, “They (authorities) haven’t given us anything.
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The hurricane was predicted by the Nayarit state administration to make landfall close to the fishing community of San Blas, which is located about 150 km north of Puerto Vallarta.
The head of the state civil defence office, Pedro Núñez, said, “Right now we are carrying out patrols through the towns, to alert people so that they can keep their possessions safe and safe in safer areas.
Governor Enrique Alfaro of the neighbouring state of Jalisco reported that five emergency shelters had been set up in Puerto Vallarta and that 270 people had been evacuated from a community close to the hurricane’s projected course.
Rains from Roslyn, according to the National Water Commission, may result in mudslides and flooding. and the US hurricane centre warned of dangerous storm surges along the coast and 10cm to 15cm of rain..
Hurricane ‘life-threatening’ to strike Mexico
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