All posts tagged "hurricane"

  • Maria del Refugio Ruiz Bravo, 86, sets out to dry personal belongings that were soaked by Hurricane Patricia in La Fortuna, Mexico. (Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press)
    Good News: W. hemisphere’s strongest hurricane ever yields zero deaths

    By Brian Han A hurricane is never good news. But that changes when it’s the strongest storm ever recorded in the western hemisphere, and everyone affected by it survived. Hurricane Patricia raged through the Pacific Ocean and...

    • Posted October 27, 2015
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  • Residents prepare for the arrival of Hurricane Patricia filling sand bags to protect beachfront businesses, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. Patricia barreled toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere. Locals and tourists were either hunkering down or trying to make last-minute escapes ahead of what forecasters called a "potentially catastrophic landfall" later in the day. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
    Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere

    PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) — 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...

    • Posted October 23, 2015
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