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Hurricane Patricia
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Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful tropical cyclone on record worldwide in terms of maximum sustained winds. It was also the second-most intense on record worldwide in terms of pressure, with a
2015 Pacific hurricane season
…storms that killed 21 people in Utah. Later that month, Hurricane Marty inflicted $30 million in damage to the southwestern coast of Mexico. In October, Hurricane Patricia became the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere, with a central pressure of 872 mbar (hPa; 25.75 inHg) and 1-minute sustained…
Patricia shortly after its record peak intensity while approaching Western Mexico on October 23
President Enrique Peña Nieto meets with cabinet members to discuss Hurricane Patricia on October 23
Evacuation from hotel Riu Vallarta on the morning before Hurricane Patricia made landfall
The sprawling precursor to Hurricane Patricia over Central America on October 17