Hurricane Orlene is poised to strike Mexico -- bringing heavy rain and the potential for severe flooding
The Category 2 storm currently has maximum sustained winds of 105 mph with higher gusts, after peaking as a Category 4 Sunday afternoon, and is moving north at 8 mph. Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 90 miles from the storm’s core, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The outlying islands could see 6-10 inches of rain, with local amounts over a foot, leading to localized flooding and possible landslides, the hurricane center noted, adding dangerous storm surges can be expected, with wave heights up to 6 feet. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for Las Islas Marias, and along the coast of mainland Mexico from San Blas to Mazatlán.
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