'Stongest ever Western Hemisphere storm' rips into Mexico

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urricane Patricia struck Mexico's Pacific coast as a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm on Friday, as one of the most powerful hurricanes in history threatened to wreak widespread damage and prompted mass evacuations.

Hurricane Patricia - the Western
Hemisphere's strongest ever storm

Mexican and international tourists board a bus to be transported to a shelter, bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia, in Puerto Vallarta.

Patricia made landfall at Playa Perula in the state of Jalisco, Mexico's meteorological service said. The Puerto Vallartasaid Patricia was the strongest storm ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere.

Read today’s story in the Melbourne Age - “Hurricane Patricia: Hemisphere's strongest ever hurricane bearing down on Mexico”.