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Mexico braces for strongest hurricane in Western hemisphere

October 23, 2015 12:00 AM
This satellite image taken at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Friday, Oct. 23, 2015, and released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Patricia. Hurricane Patricia headed toward southwestern Mexico Friday as a monster Category 5 storm, the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere that forecasters said could make a 'potentially catastrophic landfall' later in the day. (Associated Press)
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