In photos: Hurricane Roslyn approaches Mexico, citizens prepare for devastating surge

Hurricane Roslyn was expected to deliver a treacherous storm surge to parts of Mexico Sunday after plowing over the Pacific as a powerful Category 4 storm just offshore from the resort of Puerto Vallarta. (Reuters)

The US National Hurricane Center said early Sunday that Roslyn had become “extremely dangerous” with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph). The storm was forecast “to bring damaging winds, a life-threatening storm surge and flooding rains to portions of west-central Mexico today,” said the hurricane center. (Reuters)

A hurricane warning was in effect for Las Islas Marias and Playa Perula to Escuinapa. A hurricane watch was in effect for the area north of north of Escuinapa to Mazatlan, the center said. The storm was expected to come ashore in Nayarit state Sunday morning. Hurricane Orlene made landfall October 3 a little farther north in roughly the same region, about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southeast of the resort of Mazatlan. (Reuters)

Hurricane-force winds extended out 30 miles (45 kilometers) from Roslyn’s center, while tropical storm-force winds extended out to 80 miles (130 kilometers), the US hurricane center said. Here, a store covered with wood sheets is pictured as Hurricane Roslyn approaches tourist zones along Mexico's Pacific coast (Reuters)

In the neighboring state of Jalisco, Governor Enrique Alfaro wrote that 270 people had been evacuated in a town near the hurricane’s expected path and that five emergency shelters had been set up in Puerto Vallarta. (Reuters)

The Nayarit state government said the hurricane was expected to make landfall around the fishing village of San Blas, about 90 miles (150 kilometers) north of Puerto Vallarta. Here, Fishermen upload an outboard motor to a pickup as Hurricane Roslyn approaches tourist zones along Mexico's Pacific coast. (Reuters)

The National Water Commission said rains from Roslyn could cause mudslides and flooding and the US hurricane center warned of dangerous storm surge along the coast, as well as 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of rain. (Reuters)