Hurricane Roslyn, a strong Category 3 typhoon, made landfall near Santa Cruz in the state of Nayarit, Mexico. The town’s small beach is located between the popular resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. Puerto Vallarta did not take a direct hit from the typhoon, but it was still hit by heavy rain, strong winds and typhoon surges.
The typhoon hit the coast with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour, before dissipating into a tropical typhoon as it moved over east-central Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
“This rain can lead to flash flooding and landslides in rough terrain spaces,” the NHC added. Until tonight [Sunday]. These storm surges are very likely to cause potentially fatal surfing and tearing conditions.
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Nearly 100,000 more people had been left without power across the country, while some citizens were stranded on roads among fallen trees or mud.
At least two storm-related casualties have been reported. Ana Pimentel Moreno, a 39-year-old woguy from the municipality of Rosamorada, died when her space collapsed, according to Nayarit Security Secretary Jorge Benito Rodríguez Martínez. The secretary added that there have been other rescues of Americans trapped in their homes. In addition, a 74-year-old man died when a beam fell on his head in the Mexican town of Santiago Ixcuintla, according to Reuters and officials from the state’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection. .
According to Enrique Alfaro, governor of the neighboring state of Jalisco, the state would reopen on Monday. Operations had resumed at Puerto Vallarta’s busy airport, but beaches would remain closed.
Forecasters say some of the storm’s lingering moisture will be drawn into the south-central United States, prompting heavy rain across the country.
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Like Florida’s Hurricane Ian last September, Hurricane Roslyn intensified over the weekend. The typhoon’s wind speed increased to 60 mph during a 24-hour era off the formation off the west coast of Mexico. A trail similar to that of Hurricane Orlene also followed. , a typhoon that made landfall on 3 October. Orlene made landfall as a Category 1 typhoon, but it had been a Category Four typhoon when it hit the Pacific Ocean.
Data shows that hurricanes are most powerful worldwide over the past 40 years, with climate change as the driving force. Warmer seawater fuels hurricane growth, which can lead to more powerful and wetter storms. Most likely, Hurricane Harvey, which devastated Houston’s dominance in 2017, generated far more rain than it would have had without the effects of man-made weather replacement.
Roslyn is the 17th typhoon of this year’s Eastern Pacific season, which begins on May 15 and ends on November 30.
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