The President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced Tuesday that the emblematic Mexican prison of the Islas Marías will open its doors to tourism before Christmas after the construction of a museum and the establishment of sea and air routes. “There is very good news, the Islas Marías are going to be opened for […]
Three people died due to Hurricane Roslyn, which made landfall yesterday as a category 3 in the community of Santa Cruz, municipality of Santiago Ixcuintla, Nayarit, and was later downgraded to a tropical storm and later to a depression. A 74-year-old man was killed in the town of Mexcaltitan de Santiago Ixcuintla when a beam
At 8:00 PM local time, Civil Protection placed Puerto Vallarta under Code Red warning, the maximum amount of possible danger due to a storm. Hurricane Roslyn grew to Category 4 force on Saturday as it headed for a collision with Mexico’s Pacific coast, likely north of the resort of Puerto Vallarta. The U.S. National Hurricane
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Roslyn is gained strength off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday and forecasters expected it to be a hurricane when it makes a likely weekend landfall between the resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds had increased to 65 mph (100
Roslyn looks better organized on satellite imagery this evening and Puerto Vallarta has been placed under a hurricane watch. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.
LOCAL NEWS STORIES After almost three years of struggle, residents of Jolotemba recovered their land rights at Limoncito beach, located in the municipality of San Blas, which was illegally co-opted by Limoncito Hills tourist complex, owned by the Canadian Angela Birkenbach and which is part of Grupo Abico SA de CV. Councilwoman Carla Esparza accuses
Hurricane Orlene made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday near the resort town of Mazatlán. Power cables swayed in the wind and sent cascades of sparks through the town of El Rosario, about 65 kilometers south of Mazatlán, near where the storm hit. Orlene lost some power while flying over the former penal colony
We went to bed with a tropical storm on Friday and woke up to a category 4 hurricane threatening the coast of Jalisco, by Monday morning we had only experienced light scattered rains and minimal increase in waves with a forecast of winds of 2 km per hour in the early daylight hours. In fact,
Puerto Vallarta has been placed under a hurricane watch, an increase in the previous alert of a tropical storm warning. Overnight on Saturday, Orlene rapidly strengthened to a category 4 storm but has since then weakened slightly to a category 3 at 10:00 AM this morning. Orlene is expected to pass close to the Puerto
Subscribers, login to your dashboard for the latest update on Hurricane Orlene. Or become a subscriber today for exclusive content, ad-free news on VallartaDaily, and emergency alerts. ¡Gracias! Puerto Vallarta has been placed under a hurricane watch, an increase in the previous alert of a tropical storm warning. Overnight on Saturday, Orlene rapidly strengthened to a category
