Hurricane Roslyn in Mexico LIVE | Follow in real time the trajectory of the cyclone and where it will make landfall

Hurricane Roslyn strengthened to category 3 this Saturday off the Pacific coast of Mexico and is expected to make landfall with even greater force, according to weather forecasts. “Maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph with higher gusts. Roslyn is a category 3 hurricane, “said the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) in its latest part at 09:00 GMT.

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

The NHC warned that the cyclone could “rapidly gain more strength.”

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“It is expected that Roslyn have a force close to that of a major hurricane when I pass by and landfall along the west-central coast of Mexico late Saturday and Sunday, accompanied by high winds and a potentially dangerous storm surge,” the weather center said.

“Heavy rains could lead to flash flooding and possible landslides” in coastal areas of southwestern and central-western Mexico, the NHC warned.

The trajectory of the depression in Mexico.

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

Mexico Every year it suffers the onslaught of tropical cyclones both on 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 (south), 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.

Source: Elcomercio