Cat. 3 Hurricane Orlene heads for Mexico’s Pacific coast
Hurricane Orlene lost some punch, but remained a dangerous Category 3 storm on Sunday as it headed toward Mexico’s northwest Pacific coast between the tourist towns of Mazatlan and San Blas., Orlene quickly added power, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph early Sunday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. But winds slipped back to 115 mph by midday.
The storm was moving over or near the Islas Marias, a former prison colony being developed as a tourist draw. The island is sparsely populated by government employees and buildings there are made of brick or concrete. Orlene was forecast to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast sometime Monday along a sparsely populated, lagoon-dotted stretch of mainland south of Mazatlan by late Monday.
By late Sunday, Orlene was centered about 80 miles west-northwest of Cabo Corrientes — a point of land that juts into the Pacific just south of Puerto Vallarta — and was headed north at 8 mph early Sunday.
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