The government in Mexico City has declared a state of emergency after the US Hurricane Centre called Category 5 storm Hurricane Patricia the strongest they had ever seen.
Potentially catastrophic #Patricia moving closer to Mexico landfall. NOAA Hurricane Hunter reports little change in strength, @NHC_Pacific
— WMO | OMM (@WMOnews) October 23, 2015"This is an extremely dangerous, potentially catastrophic hurricane," US Hurricane Centre meteorologist Dennis Feltgen told AP.
Clare Nullis of the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation offered similar foreboding: “Patricia is now the strongest ever hurricane to hit the eastern north Pacific region. This is really, really, really strong.”
Hurricane #Patricia approaches #Mexico. It's massive. Be careful! #YearInSpace pic.twitter.com/F5LgnjOjey
— Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) October 23, 2015According to Robert Ramirez de la Parra, the head of the Mexican weather agency, excessive wind speed "makes Patricia the most dangerous storm in history."
Patricia has been compared to Typhoon Haiyan, which barreled across the Philippines in 2013 killing more than 7000 people, and Hurricane Wilma, which hit the Atlantic basin in 2005, killing 87.
The storm is expected to hit Mexico’s second largest city Guadalajara early on Saturday morning, potentially bringing flash floods, mudslides and torrential rain to the region. Residents had been warned to brace for excessively strong winds.
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