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Hurricane Patricia slams Mexico

Soldiers help a woman to leave her flooded house to take her to a shelter in Zoatlan, Nayarit state, some 150 km northwest of Guadalajara,  Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Hurricane Patricia made landfall Friday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast.
Soldiers help a woman to leave her flooded house to take her to a shelter in Zoatlan, Nayarit state, some 150 km northwest of Guadalajara, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. Hurricane Patricia made landfall Friday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast.
Eduardo Verdugo, AP
People jog in a breakwater following the passage of hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 24 ,2015.
People jog in a breakwater following the passage of hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 24 ,2015.
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View of a breakwater following the passage of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 24 ,2015.
View of a breakwater following the passage of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on October 24 ,2015.
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Firemen set a line to pump water out from a flooded area in Cihuatlan, Jalisco state, after Hurricane Patricia hit the shore on October 24, 2015.
Firemen set a line to pump water out from a flooded area in Cihuatlan, Jalisco state, after Hurricane Patricia hit the shore on October 24, 2015.
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View of a street in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco state, partially destroyed after Hurricane Patricia hit the shore on October 24, 2015.
View of a street in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco state, partially destroyed after Hurricane Patricia hit the shore on October 24, 2015.
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Workers clean out the 'Terrza Cortes' restaurant after damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Workers clean out the 'Terrza Cortes' restaurant after damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Workers attempt to drain water out a flooded area after heavy flooding from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Cihuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico.
Workers attempt to drain water out a flooded area after heavy flooding from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Cihuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico.
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Men work to restore downed powerlines iafter damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Men work to restore downed powerlines iafter damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Brett Gundlock/Boreal Collective
A worker cleans out the 'Monterey' Hotel after damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
A worker cleans out the 'Monterey' Hotel after damage from Hurricane Patricia October 24, 2015 in Melaque, Jalisco, Mexico.
Brett Gundlock/Boreal Collective
Winds whip a street in Manzanillo, Colima state, Mexico on October 23, 2015, during hurricane Patricia.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.
Winds whip a street in Manzanillo, Colima state, Mexico on October 23, 2015, during hurricane Patricia.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.
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A truck drives along a flooded street in Manzanillo, Colima state, Mexico on October 23, 2015, during hurricane Patricia.
A truck drives along a flooded street in Manzanillo, Colima state, Mexico on October 23, 2015, during hurricane Patricia.
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Municipal workers collect branches from a flooded street in Manzanillo.
Municipal workers collect branches from a flooded street in Manzanillo.
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Mike Anderson of Minnesota, right, fishes alongside his friend and local fisherman Miguel Pilas during a steady rain as Hurricane Patricia approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere.
Mike Anderson of Minnesota, right, fishes alongside his friend and local fisherman Miguel Pilas during a steady rain as Hurricane Patricia approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
This October 23, 2015, 06:00 UTC Eumetsat satellite image shows Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, off the Pacific coast of Mexico.
This October 23, 2015, 06:00 UTC Eumetsat satellite image shows Category 5 Hurricane Patricia, off the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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This image taken Oct. 23, 2015, from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Patricia. The Category 5 storm, the strongest recorded in the Western Hemisphere, barreled toward southwestern Mexico.
This image taken Oct. 23, 2015, from the International Space Station shows Hurricane Patricia. The Category 5 storm, the strongest recorded in the Western Hemisphere, barreled toward southwestern Mexico.
Scott Kelly, AP
A worker boards up the front of a waterfront business, as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,  Oct. 23, 2015.
A worker boards up the front of a waterfront business, as residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23, 2015.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
Men fill small bags with sand from the beach as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Men fill small bags with sand from the beach as they prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
A Dalls Fire Rescue responder makes his way over to a stalled vehicle to check on the drive still inside on Hillcrest Road Friday. The vehicle stalled after the road quickly flooded during a heavy rain fall. More rain soaked parts of Texas as millions of residents braced for other storms that could spin off from massive Hurricane Patricia approaching southwest Mexico.
A Dalls Fire Rescue responder makes his way over to a stalled vehicle to check on the drive still inside on Hillcrest Road Friday. The vehicle stalled after the road quickly flooded during a heavy rain fall. More rain soaked parts of Texas as millions of residents braced for other storms that could spin off from massive Hurricane Patricia approaching southwest Mexico.
Tony Gutierrez, AP
A Dallas police officer puts up barricades across a section of Hillcrest Road after it flooded during a heavy rain fall causing a couple of vehicles to stall.
A Dallas police officer puts up barricades across a section of Hillcrest Road after it flooded during a heavy rain fall causing a couple of vehicles to stall.
Tony Gutierrez, AP
Mexican and international tourists board a bus to be transported to a shelter, bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23. Teams of police and civil protection are walking along Puerto Vallarta's waterfront, advising people to evacuate. A top civil protection official says that three airports in the path of Patricia in southwestern Mexico have been shut down as the storm approaches.
Mexican and international tourists board a bus to be transported to a shelter, bracing for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23. Teams of police and civil protection are walking along Puerto Vallarta's waterfront, advising people to evacuate. A top civil protection official says that three airports in the path of Patricia in southwestern Mexico have been shut down as the storm approaches.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
A man walks with a figure of a shark before the arrival of hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Oct. 23. Monster Hurricane Patricia roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate villagers, close ports and urge tourists to cancel trips over fears of a catastrophe. The US National Hurricane Center called Patricia the strongest eastern north Pacific hurricane on record. It said the storm will make a potentially catastrophic landfall later Friday in southwestern Mexico.
A man walks with a figure of a shark before the arrival of hurricane Patricia in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on Oct. 23. Monster Hurricane Patricia roared toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday, prompting authorities to evacuate villagers, close ports and urge tourists to cancel trips over fears of a catastrophe. The US National Hurricane Center called Patricia the strongest eastern north Pacific hurricane on record. It said the storm will make a potentially catastrophic landfall later Friday in southwestern Mexico.
HECTOR GUERRERO, AFP/Getty Images
A girl rests on the floor amidst her family as they await the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in a small shelter run by the Red Cross in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23.
A girl rests on the floor amidst her family as they await the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in a small shelter run by the Red Cross in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
People seeking safety from Hurricane Patricia, stand in line to be taken to another shelter because the one they had just arrived at was full, in the Pacific resort city Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23.
People seeking safety from Hurricane Patricia, stand in line to be taken to another shelter because the one they had just arrived at was full, in the Pacific resort city Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 23.
Cesar Rodriguez, AP
A Red Cross worker opens a window to air out the room where residents and tourists take refuge before the arrival of Hurricane Patricia at a small shelter in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
A Red Cross worker opens a window to air out the room where residents and tourists take refuge before the arrival of Hurricane Patricia at a small shelter in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Rebecca Blackwell, AP
A bicycle and walking path is flooded by White Rock Lake after heavy rain fall soaked the region Friday in Dallas. Residents braced for more rain this weekend from other storms that could spin off from massive Hurricane Patricia approaching southwest Mexico.
A bicycle and walking path is flooded by White Rock Lake after heavy rain fall soaked the region Friday in Dallas. Residents braced for more rain this weekend from other storms that could spin off from massive Hurricane Patricia approaching southwest Mexico.
Tony Gutierrez, AP
Cameron County Precinct 1 employees Felipe Mendez and Isais Almaguer cleaned culverts along Vermillion Road, in Precinct 1, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Brownsville,Texas, in anticipation of flooding due to Hurricane Patricia.
Cameron County Precinct 1 employees Felipe Mendez and Isais Almaguer cleaned culverts along Vermillion Road, in Precinct 1, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, in Brownsville,Texas, in anticipation of flooding due to Hurricane Patricia.
Brad Doherty, The Brownsville Herald, AP