Hurricane Patricia, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded, with sustained wind speeds of 200MPH, made landfall Friday.
Flash floods and landslides could continue to plague Mexico, but Hurricane Patricia--the most powerful storm of its kind ever recorded--is quickly weakening after making landfall on Friday.
While the storm slammed Mexico's west coast as a 165MPH Category 5, the strongest possible hurricane, Patricia quickly weakened while also managing to miss the major resort town of Puerto Vallarta and the port city of Manzanillo.
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What began as a storm of historic ferocity with sustained windspeeds of 200MPH weakened on Saturday into a tropical storm while pushing east into Mexico's central mountains and dumping a torrent of rain that could yet cause serious flood damage, the Associate Press reports.
"Rapid weakening is expected to continue, and Patricia is forecast to become a tropical depression later today and dissipate tonight," an advisory from the National Weather Service read Saturday.
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Still, the intense rains remained a cause for concern as Mexico awaited the destruction that might be brought to light by sunrise after nearly a foot of rain was measured in the coastal state of Jalisco.
President Enrique Peña Nieto said overnight: "It is very important that the population stays in the shelters, the security forces will be patrolling to protect their homes...I repeat, we still can't let our guard down."
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