The storm touched down in western mexico, bringing ddestructive winds and rain, but heavy damage appears to have been avoided.The US National Hurricane Center said the Hurricane hit as a category Five storm, the highest classification . It said " life threatening flash floods and mudslides here now likely.The states of Nayarit,Jalico,Colima,Michoacah and Guerrera are in particular danger as the storm moves inland.The Center says, Four hours after making landfall as the strongest recorded hurricane, Patricia weaker ed to a category Four and is likely to be downgraded to a tropical storm in the coming hours as it passes over mountainous regions." The first reports confirm that the damage has been smelter than that corresponding to a hurricane of this magnitude," Mexicos,s president said in a televised Address. Mexican federal police said,only Minor landslides and fallen trees, had so far been reported in Colima.
But the Government has warned that ash from the Colima Volcano, Which has became increasingly active this year could combine with heavy rainfall to trigger huge mud flows.Some 400000 people live in vulnerable areas, according to Mexico National Disaster Fund.
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