Hurricane Patricia makes landfall in Mexico

Hurricane Patricia, the strongest on record, has made landfall in Jalisco state in western Mexico, bringing destructive winds and rain.
Authorities said the storm was "potentially catastrophic", but major damage appeared to have been avoided.
The US National Hurricane Center said the hurricane hit as a Category Five storm - the highest classification.
But it has since weakened to a Category Four, and will be downgraded to a tropical storm in the coming hours.
The Centre said "life-threatening flash floods and mudslides" were now likely in rural areas.
Mexican authorities had evacuated thousands of residents along the country's Pacific coast before the hurricane hit. A state of emergency was declared in three states in Patricia's path.
It made landfall in the Cuixmala area of Jalisco state, some 85km (55 miles) from the port city of Manzanillo.
The US National Hurricane Center said it hit the coast with winds of 265km/h (165mph), making it the most powerful storm ever to be recorded in the Americas.
At one point, the hurricane's winds were strong enough "to get a plane in the air and keep it flying", World Meteorological Organization spokeswoman Claire Nullis said.
Video filmed in the port city of Manzanillo shortly before the hurricane struck showed trees bending in severe wind.
Within two hours of the storm making landfall, the British embassy in Mexico tweeted that the worst appeared to be over

As the storm moves inland over mountains, villages could suffer landslides and flash flooding, meteorologists in Mexico say.
The government has warned that ash from the nearby Colima volcano, which has become increasingly active this year, could combine with heavy rainfall to trigger huge mudflows.
Some 400,000 people live in vulnerable areas, according to Mexico's National Disaster Fund

                       Tourists queue for buses in puerto vallerta after being told to leave their hotels.

Mexico is used to dealing with big storms during its hurricane season but the strength of this storm is unprecedented in this part of the Pacific.

The worry is that Hurricane Patricia will leave devastation in its wake, with flash floods and landslides a concern in the coming days.

Bus loads of tourists from the resort of Puerto Vallarta have been ferried to different cities. Speaking to a couple from Texas who were in the city of Guadalajara, they told me they arrived for their holiday only to be told immediately that they were being evacuated - they got out before the worst of the weather hit but many tourists and residents remained in sheltered parts of hotels or government refuges.

No matter how prepared Mexico is, these hurricanes are unpredictable - and the consequences unknown.