MEXICO CITY, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Hurricane Roslyn is expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast at near major hurricane strength bringing dangerous storm surges and flooding, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, as authorities urged residents in some areas to move to safety.
Roslyn had strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane by late on Friday, the Miami-based forecaster said, as it approached resort towns in central Mexico.
Preparations to protect life and property "should be rushed to completion" for areas under hurricane warnings along the Jalisco and Nayarit coastlines, it said.
Some 180 miles (290 km) south-southwest of the Mexican port city Manzanillo late on Friday, Roslyn was expected to follow the coast before turning inward near the resort town of Puerto Vallarta, the NHC showed on a map.
Hurricane conditions are expected to reach the coast by late Saturday or early Sunday, it said.
