In the resort city of puerto vallarta, sandbags sandbags and plywood were the only defense, and residents lined up to take shelter. Larry mowry is the chief meteorologist at kttv our station in dallas, forth worth. Scott, this is an amazing hurricane in terms of how fast is intensified. As you mentioned, the strongest hurricane ever. Only typhoons have been stronger. Miles per hour. Tornado. It went from a category one to a category five hurricane in just 28 hours. Its almost making landfall right now. Winds are at 190 miles per hour. The pressure has gone up a bit but scott, this is still a dangerous, dangerous storm. Pelley and its a big storm, larry. What is the effect likely to be in the United States . Will head our way. Patricia. It will make landfall in the next couple of hours, and once it hits the mountains of mexico it will start to fall apart but this is really wound up, so the leftover circulation will track into south texas saturday into sunday, then into the southeast as
Hurricane in terms of how fast is intensified. As you mentioned, the strongest hurricane ever. Only typhoons have been stronger. The wind today were up to 200 miles per hour. Thats as strong as an ef5 tornado. It went from a category one to a category five hurricane in just 28 hours. Its almost making landfall right now. Winds are at 190 miles per hour. The pressure has gone up a bit but scott, this is still a dangerous, dangerous storm. Pelley and its a big storm, larry. What is the effect likely to be in the united statete the moisture here from patricia will head our way. I want to show you the track of patricia. It will make landfall in the next couple of hours, and once it hits the mountains of mexico it will start to fall apart but this is really wound up, so the leftover circulation will track into south texas saturday into sunday, then into the southeast as we head into monday. And thats going to spread that tropical moisture right here into the Southern Plains and just add to
And thats going to spread that tropical moisture right here into the Southern Plains and just add to the flooding woes here in texas with an additional 612 inches of rain across parts of texas and, scott, some areas have already seen is 612 inches of rain here in the past 24 hours. Pelley larry mowry of kttv, thanks. And cbs News Reporter Adrienne Bard is in mexico city tonight. Adrienne. Scott, mexican officials are calling Hurricane Patricia a perfect storm. Forecasters expect 15 it inches of rain in the next 24 hours and waving towering up to 30 feet. There is also concern about lifethreatening mudslides and what it might do to the people who live in the rugged sierra madre villages. The storm center will had the land near Puerto Vallarta where thousands of tourists from hotels and cruises were evacuated in buses after the airport closed. Authorities urged everyone in to get off the beaches and streets. Some were not listening. Officials said they feared people might not believe all
Packing winds of close to 200 miles per hour. U. S. Government forecasters say the impact of this storm could be catastrophic. In the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, sandbag sandbags and d were the only defense, and residents lined up to take shelter. Larry mowry is the chief meteorologist at kttv our station in dallas, forth worth. Scott, this is an amazing hurricane in terms of how fast is intensified. As you mentioned, the strongest hurricane ever. Only typhoons have been stronger. The wind today were up to 200 miles per hour. Thats as strong as an ef5 tornado. It went from a category one to a category five hurricane in just 28 hours. Its almost making landfall right now. Winds are at 190 miles per hour. The pressure has gone up a bit but scott, this is still a dangerous, dangerous storm. Pelley and its a big storm, larry. What is the effect likely to be in the United States . The moisture here from patricia will head our way. I want to show you the track of patricia. It will make l
Southern hemisphere is taking aim at mexico. 13 Million People are in its path. This is what it look likes from space, a rare category 5, packing winds of close to 200 miles per hour. U. S. Government forecasters say the impact of this storm could be catastrophic. In the resort city of Puerto Vallarta, sandbags sandbags and plywood were the only defense, and residents lined up to take shelter. Larry mowry is the chief meteorologist at kttv our station in dallas, forth worth. Scott, this is an amazing hurricane in terms of how fast is intensified. As you mentioned, the strongest hurricane ever. Only typhoons have been stronger. The wind today were up to 200 miles per hour. Thats as strong as an ef5 tornado. It went from a category one to a category five hurricane in just 28 hours. Its almost making landfall right now. The pressure has gone up a bit but scott, this is still a dangerous, dangerous storm. Pelley and its a big storm, larry. What is the effect likely to be in the United Stat