‘Extremely dangerous’ category 4 Hurricane Patricia to slam west coast of Mexico Friday
Source: Washington Post
Over the past day, Hurricane Patricia has explosively intensified from a tropical storm to a powerful category four hurricane with 130 mph winds. Patricia is forecast to make landfall late Friday with destructive winds, copious amounts of rain, and a dangerous storm surge.
Patricia, centered about 250 miles offshore the west coast of central of Mexico, threatens to come ashore somewhere between Cabo Corrientes and Punta San Telmo, where a hurricane warning is in effect.
“Confidence is increasing that Patricia will make landfall in the hurricane warning area as an extremely dangerous major hurricane Friday afternoon or evening,” stated the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in a special advisory issued at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday.
NHC said Patricia could strengthen some more through Friday morning, when its peak winds are forecast to be near 150 mph, just shy of category 5 hurricane intensity.
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Wasn't expecting this to be on the Pacific side.
Thousands evacuated as record-breaking Hurricane Patricia slams into Mexico
Agence France-Presse
23 Oct 2015 at 21:35
The strongest hurricane ever recorded crashed into Mexico’s Pacific coast on Friday, ratcheting up fears that super-storm Patricia will unleash death and destruction with its powerful winds and driving rain.
Authorities relocated coastal residents, closed ports and schools in several states and evacuated tourists from beach hotels before the category five monster hurricane made landfall in the western state of Jalisco.People boarded up windows and bought water and food supplies as they hunkered down for the storm and urgently sought shelter.
The hurricane made landfall in the town of Emiliano Zapata, about 95 kilometers (60 miles) west of the major port of Manzanillo, National Water Commission director Roberto Ramirez told Milenio television.
The US National Hurricane Center said Patricia weakened marginally at landfall, but was still packing maximum winds of 270 kilometers per hour.
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http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/thousands-evacuated-as-record-breaking-hurricane-patricia-slams-into-mexico/
Astonishing meteorological images of Hurricane Patricia
Matt Levin
Updated 7:59 pm, Friday, October 23, 2015
Hurricane Patricia looks staggering from above.
The Category 5 storm made landfall in Mexico on Friday night. Satellite and aerial images of the storm show why the disturbance is “potentially catastrophic.”
Several million people, including tens of thousands of U.S. citizens, live in the Pacific coastal areas of Mexico where Patricia is expected to have its heaviest impact.
The historic storm has weakened slightly on its approach – with sustained winds falling from 200 mph to 190 mph – but the country is preparing for the worst. The Hurricane Patricia system will also bring lots of rain to both Mexico and east Texas throughout the weekend.
http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/mexico-latin/article/12-images-that-show-why-Hurricane-Patricia-6587465.php#photo-8838753
