How did Mexico dodge the Hurricane Patricia bullet?
Mexico City (AFP) Oct 25, 2015 - Mexico dodged a bullet when monster Hurricane Patricia failed to live up to its threat of devastating huge swaths of the country. What saved Mexicans? Experts say Mexico was saved from widespread destruction in big part thanks to the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, which slowed Patricia's wrath. The coastal region where it made landfall in western Jalisco state is also sparsely popula ... more

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