The strongest hurricane ever recorded is bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening a "potentially catastrophic" landfall. [i]Mexican authorities have begun evacuating residents ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Patricia. The storm is comparable to Typhoon Haiyan, which killed 6,300 people in the Philippines in 2013, the World Meteorological Organization says. A state of emergency has been declared in three states in Patricia's path. The category five hurricane is expected to make landfall in the next few hours, with winds of 305km/h (190mph). Video filmed in the port town of Manzanillo at 17:00 local time (22:00 GMT) shows trees bending in severe wind. Live updates Hurricane Patricia: Key questions The US National Hurricane Center said on its website: "Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Patricia should make landfall in Mexico in the next several hours." The centre added that it was the strongest storm it had recorded in the eastern Pacific or the Atlantic. It has already produced the third lowest barometer reading ever recorded - a pressure of 880 millibars at the centre of the storm - the centre reported.[/i]
Posted one hour agoThe strongest hurricane ever recorded is bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast, threatening a "potentially catastrophic" landfall.[i]Mexican authorities have begun evacuating residents ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Patricia.Th