Hurricane Roslyn slammed into a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico’s Pacific coast, bringing heavy rainfall, flooding and damaging winds. Roslyn, a category 3 hurricane, made landfall in western Mexico with a speed of 195km/h threatening to cause extensive damage in coastal areas, the BBC reported. The storm is expected to dissipate by Sunday night or early Monday after bringing heavy rains and flash flooding.
Two people died on Sunday from destruction caused by storm Roslyn near Mexico’s Pacific coast, Reuters reported. A 74-year-old man was killed in the town of Mexcaltitan de Santiago Ixcuintla when a beam fell on his head, Nayarit state’s Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection told Reuters. A 39-year-old woman also died when a fence collapsed in the state’s Rosamorada district.
Roslyn made landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan on Sunday morning before weakening to a tropical storm and swiftly moving inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC) told news agency Reuters that the storm was weakening as it moved across west-central Mexico.
After the rainfall, the weather forecasters said, “Roslyn is expected to produce a life-threatening storm surge with significant coastal flooding. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.”
However, it downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds that decreased to near 70 miles per hour by midday.
Roslyn didn’t land directly, but it still caused Puerto Vallarta torrential rain and big waves.