Hurricane leaves two dead in Mexico; weather phenomenon loses strength and becomes a tropical storm

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Two dead, homes and establishments damaged, landslides on roads, floods and falling trees. This was the balance left by the weather phenomenon Roslyn, as it passed through Mexico, last Sunday (23). It made landfall as a hurricane in the state of Nayarit, in the Pacific, but lost strength and remains a tropical storm.

The state security secretary, Jorge Benito Rodríguez, reported, still on Sunday night, that firefighters confirmed one death in the municipality of Rosamorada, and another on the island of Mexcaltitán – an 80-year-old man, killed in a collapse.

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According to the bulletin from the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC), Roslyn was downgraded to a tropical depression upon entering northern Mexico. The phenomenon was located 95 km from the city of Torreón, recorded sustained winds of 55 km/h and was expected to dissipate during the night.

Civil Defense authorities in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco, the most affected by the phenomenon, reported material damage, occasional flooding, falling trees and landslides that interrupted traffic on some highways.

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