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Patricia spares Mexico, worst hurricane fades to tropical storm

Hurricane Patricia hit Mexicos west coast in an area between commercial centers and rapidly broke down into a tropical storm, sparing Latin Americas second-biggest economy from a feared catastrophe.

By Jose Enrique Arrioja | Updated on October 24, 2015
A city cleaner sweeps normal leaves and debris from a seafront walkway, the morning after Hurricane Patricia passed further south sparing Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015. The storm made landfall Friday evening on Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 165 mph (270 kph) but it is rapidly losing steam as it moves over a mountainous region inland from the shore.(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

(Bloomberg) — Hurricane Patricia hit Mexico’s west coast in an area between commercial centers and rapidly broke down into a tropical storm, sparing Latin America’s second-biggest economy from a feared catastrophe.

Early reports from local media indicate Patricia caused some damage in the states of Jalisco and Colima, and power was lost in some villages. Puerto Vallarta, a beach resort destination north of the hurricane’s landfall, was reported to have moderated rain and its main services unaffected, newspaper Reforma said on its website.

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