As Hurricane Patricia crashes into the western coast of Mexico, bearing down on millions of residents with nearly 200 mile per hour winds, the rest of the world is anxiously watching with white-knuckled dread. We will be curating the most telling, and compelling, images and posts from social media here, so check back often.
UPDATE: As Patricia makes its way inland, the winds are weakening to a still Category 5 strength of 165 mph. The storm made landfall at 7:15 p.m. ET, on Mexico’s southwestern coast. The brunt of the devastation is expected to befall the smaller fishing villages near Cuixmala, and many residents as well as a reported 15,000 tourists have been evacuating the coast throughout the day.
Así se ve el oleaje en Manzanillo pic.twitter.com/bMPMqX1yj1
— Alex Teyssier (@atc26) October 23, 2015#Manzanillo’s bay being hit by #Patricia pic.twitter.com/09ho2c4FiJ
— Breaking3zero U.S. (@Breaking3zeroUS) October 24, 2015Full alert in #Mexico #Patricia #Manzanillo (@Enrique_Acevedo) pic.twitter.com/Lv98NyNDQG
— Breaking3zero U.S. (@Breaking3zeroUS) October 23, 2015#Mexico #Patricia Impresionante vídeo grabado en la caseta de Cuyutlan cercana a Manzanillo. Via; @tapirofoto pic.twitter.com/M4VDtnTrTP
— Traficasos Panamá™ (@Traficasos) October 23, 2015At its peak, #Patricia reached sustained wind speeds comparable to a borderline EF4/EF5 tornado of 200 mph.
— NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) October 23, 2015We're keeping an eye on massive Hurricane #Patricia, which is set to hit the west coast of #Mexico pic.twitter.com/cE9NhDfu7m v @conagua_clima
— reported.ly (@reportedly) October 23, 2015This video was taken during our 2nd center fix today. I started the video while we were in the eye and then flew into the eye wall.
Posted by Joseph Diane Klippel on Thursday, 22 October 2015
Wow! Intense video from Hector Sanchez in Manzanillo as Hurricane #Patricia hits. Rain sounds like a fire hose. pic.twitter.com/wBUzzPAgK8
— Ian Schwartz (@SchwartzTV) October 23, 2015
