Hurricane Roslyn strengthens to Category 4 as it heads to Mexico's Pacific coast

Mexican emergency officials were rushing to finish preparations on Saturday as Hurricane Roslyn, a powerful Category 4 storm, churned toward tourist zones along the country's Pacific coast.

 The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Roslyn’s maximum sustained winds remained at 130 mph (215 kph) late Saturday.

The forecast put Roslyn on a path that could take it close to Cabo Corrientes and the Puerto Vallarta region djring the night before making landfall in Nayarit state on Sunday.

In the neighboring state of Jalisco, Gov. 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.

Although some weakening was possible beginning on Saturday night, Roslyn was expected to still be near or at major hurricane strength when it makes landfall, the Miami-based forecaster said.