Hurricane Lidia Expected to Make Landfall as a Category 4 in Puerto Vallarta, NOAA Warns

PUERTO VALLARTA (PVDN) - The Miami National Hurricane Center, an arm of the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has issued a critical advisory forecasting that Hurricane Lidia will make landfall today as a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The landfall is expected to occur between Puerto Vallarta and Bahía de Banderas, significantly impacting the central-western region of Mexico.

According to the latest update, the phenomenon is anticipated to strike "close to dusk" this afternoon with damaging effects. NOAA warns that the hurricane will bring "hurricane-force winds and rains with . . .