Hurricane Orlene grew to Category 3 strength on Sunday as it headed toward Mexico's northwest Pacific coast between the tourist towns of Mazatlan and San Blas.
After growing into a hurricane Saturday, Orlene quickly added power, and had maximum sustained winds of 125 m.p.h. on Sunday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. That was slightly below its Category 4 peak of 130 m.p.h. earlier in the day.
The storm was forecast to roar past the Islas Marias, a former prison colony being developed as a tourist draw, late Sunday or early Monday and then head for a sparsely populated, lagoon-dotted stretch of mainland by late Monday. Orlene was centred about 95 miles southwest of Cabo Corrientes -- a point of land that juts into the Pacific just south of Puerto Vallarta -- and was headed north at 8 m.p.h. early Sunday.The centre said the storm would likely strengthen more Sunday, then begin weakening as its moved closer to land. But it was still projected to hit as a hurricane.
It could bring flood-inducing rainfall of up to 10 inches in some places, as well as coastal flooding and dangerous surf.Mexico's National Water Commission said Orlene could cause "mudslides, rising river and stream levels, and flooding in low-lying areas." The hurricane centre described Orlene as a small storm, with hurricane-force winds extending out about 15 miles from the centre and tropical storm-force winds out to 70 miles .
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