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Storm Roslyn landed in the west center Mexico on Sunday, bringing torrential rain and the threat of flooding inland.
“This rainfall can lead to flash floods and landslides in areas with rough terrain,” said the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.
At 2 p.m. ET Sunday, Roslyn was about 90 kilometers (55 miles) south of the center of Durango, Mexico, southeast of Durango, Mexico, the storm’s center said. It is moving in a North-Northeast direction at 31 kilometers per hour (20 mph).
“The storm generated by Roslyn will affect parts of the southwestern coast of Mexico, west-central Mexico, and the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula throughout the night,” the center of the storm said.
“These bulges have the potential to cause life-threatening surfing and rips.”
The storm center said Roslyn made landfall around 7:20 a.m. ET near Santa Cruz in northern Nayarit state.
ONE “Hurricane“A place with maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph.
“Maximum sustained winds have dropped to nearly 70 mph (110 km/h) with stronger gusts” storm center Sunday afternoon said.
“The rapid weakening is forecast to continue and Roslyn is forecast to become a tropical depression tonight and dissipate tonight or early Monday.”
Roslyn formed off the west coast of Mexico and its sustained wind speeds increased by 60 mph over a 24-hour period from Friday to Saturday morning – a quick boost.
The storm has been tracked similar to Typhoon Orlenelanded on 3 October just north of the Nayarit-Sinaloa border.
