Patricia, a Category 5 storm, has made a landfall on Mexico’s Pacific Coast with sustained wind speeds reaching 380 km per hour. Thousands of people have been evacuated as life-threatening flooding and mud-slides are feared along the hurricane’s path.
Mexico’s National Meteorological Service has downgraded the center of Hurricane Patricia to category 4 as it continues towards the towns of Talpa de Allende, Ayutla, Chicken Coop, Atengo and Mixtlán in Jalisco.
This footage shows the latest destruction wreaked by Hurricane Patricia as it whirled its way through the coastal town of Barra de Navidad. RT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCuXofYCmZo
Key messages from NHC for Hurricane Patricia at 10 pm CDT Friday Oct 23rd. #Patricia https://t.co/Oy8uof9ldM pic.twitter.com/0ZLKk7gTLc
— NHC E. Pacific Ops (@NHC_Pacific) October 24, 2015
