Officials said Hurricane Roslyn brought high winds and high tides to west-central Mexico on Sunday and killed at least two people before being downgraded to a tropical storm and breaking inland.
The storm dissipated Sunday night over east-central Mexico after bringing heavy rain and flash flooding, According to the National Hurricane Center.
There were reports of damage in Nayarit state, where the storm made landfall early Sunday. Nearly 100,000 people have lost power across the country, and residents of some affected communities face traffic jams caused by fallen trees or mud, as authorities work to make necessary repairs and survey any further. any damage.
Jorge Benito Rodríguez Martínez, security secretary in Nayarit, confirmed the death of a 39-year-old woman, Ana Pimentel Moreno, from the city of Rosamorada. She was killed when her house collapsed.
He added that people trapped in houses had been rescued.
In the cities of San Blas and Santiago Ixcuintla, which have faced some of the worst impacts, about 90% of residents had to move to shelters or stay with relatives in higher areas, he said.
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The mayor of Santiago Ixcuintla, Eduardo Lugo, confirmed the death of another person, identified as Gilberto Hernández Rodríguez, a resident of the island of Mexcaltitán. He was 80 years old. A wall in his house has collapsed.
Local officials reported that in the town of Sayulita, in Bahía de Banderas, a bay on the Nayarit coast, a 35-year-old woman and an 85-year-old woman with mobility problems were rescued and taken to a place. temporary shelter after. The rising river trapped them. In northern Nayarit, the mayor of Acaponeta, Manuel Salcedo Osuna, reported extensive damage to homes and power poles, fallen trees and other debris. He urged residents on his Facebook page to go to a shelter if their home is unstable in any way.
Mexico’s federal electricity commission said about 99,580 people were without power as of Sunday afternoon.
Roslyn downgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, from Category 4 prior to landfall, and it weakened to a tropical storm as it moved further inland, according to the National Hurricane Center. As of 11 p.m. ET on Sunday, the storm’s remnants were about 50 miles northwest of Monterrey, Mexico, moving northeast at about 22 mph. The agency said maximum sustained winds dropped to 30 mph.
Tropical storm conditions were felt over parts of west-central Mexico throughout Sunday, but no coastal warnings or warnings were in effect as of 11pm. An extra one to two inches of rain is expected along the coastal, northeast, and west-central regions of Mexico.
Governor of Jalisco State, Enrique Alfaro, say on Twitter On Sunday, schools will reopen and hold classes and activities on Monday. Puerto Vallarta’s airport is back up and running, he added, but beaches will remain closed.
In southern Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit and Zacatecas, rainfall is expected between 1 and 3 inches, with a maximum total of 10 inches.
Forecasters warn that landslides could be caused by rain in areas with difficult terrain. Forecasters said storm surge is expected to subside on Sunday afternoon. Hurricanes generated by Roslyn are likely to affect southwestern Mexico, west-central Mexico, and the southern portion of the Baja California peninsula. These bulges have the potential to cause life-threatening surf and currents.
The link between hurricanes and climate change is getting clearer every year. The data show that The storm has become stronger all over the world during the past four decades. A warming planet can expect stronger storms over time and a higher incidence of the strongest storms, although the total number of storms may decrease because of factors such as strong wind shear. could cause weaker storms to form.
Hurricanes also become wetter due to more water vapor in the warmer atmosphere. Scientists have suggested that storms like Hurricane Harvey in 2017 generates much more rainfall than would otherwise be possible for the human impact on the climate. In addition, rising sea levels also contribute to higher tides, the most destructive element of tropical cyclones.
Karina Cancino contributed reporting from Tepic, Nayarit. Héctor Castro contributed from Mazatlán. Melina Delkic, Vimal Patel, Victor Manuel Ramos and April Rubin Contribution reports from New York.
