After growing into a hurricane Saturday, Orlene quickly added power, peaking as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph (215 kph) early Sunday.
MEXICO CITY — 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.
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. 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.The government of Jalisco state, where Puerto Vallarta is located, suspended classes Monday in towns and cities along the coast.In Sinaloa, where Mazatlan is located, some emergency shelters were opened.
It could bring flood-inducing rainfall of up to 10 inches in some places, as well as coastal flooding and dangerous surf.
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