Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere

Name: Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere
Uploaded: 2015-10-24T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 7 min 14 s
Description: Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere. Residents and tourists hunkered down or tried to make last-minute escapes ahead of what forecasters called a "potentially catastrophic landfall."

Hurricane Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere. Residents and tourists hunkered down or tried to make last-minute escapes ahead of what forecasters called a "potentially catastrophic landfall."

Posted October 23, 2015 5:10pm MST