Lidia makes landfall as Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds near Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta resort

Hurricane Lidia made landfall Tuesday on Mexico’s Pacific coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, threatening to bring flooding and mudslides, forecasters said.

The government deployed around 6,000 members of the armed forces to help residents, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.

“You must take refuge in safe places — stay away from low areas, streams, rivers and hillsides,” he wrote on social media.