Category 3 hurricane, downgraded from category 4, moving across west-central Mexico with damaging winds in its path
Roslyn, a powerful category 3 hurricane, was moving across west-central Mexico on Sunday, dumping a life-threatening storm surge with damaging winds in its path, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Roslyn, which was downgraded from category 4 since Saturday, hit land at 5.20am local time (11.20GMT) near Santa Cruz in northern Nayarit, the NHC said, a Pacific coastal state home to popular tourist beaches like Sayulita and Punta Mita. By late morning, maximum sustained winds decreased to near 90mph (150km) with stronger gusts. Rapid weakening was expected as the hurricane moved farther inland, the NHC said. Video footage showed flooded streets and palm trees swaying in strong winds as Roslyn touched down in Nayarit.
