Category 5 Hurricane Patricia Made Landfall, Videos

Hurricane Patricia made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast, about 55 miles west-northwest of Manzanillo at about 6:15 p.m on Friday evening as a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds of 190 mph and gusts to 235 mph .

The hurricane is the strongest hurricane ever recorded.

Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo were hit by strong winds and heavy rain brought by the hurricane.

By Friday night, Hurricane Patricia weakened to a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph as it moved inland  over southwestern Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center said that Hurricane Patricia remained “extremely dangerous.”