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For Mexico, Hurricane Patricia hit just the right spot

Hurricane Patricia, a storm of record-setting ferocity, proved no match for the Sierra Madre Occidental. Confronted by the mountain range's high peaks, Patricia crumpled, rapidly shrinking from a Category 5 beast to a tropical depression as it limped eastward across Mexico.

High tides expected along Pacific coast this week

High tides are expected starting Tuesday along Costa Rica's Pacific coast. Experts say they'll come with big waves and, combined with rain, could cause flooding.

Superstorm Patricia weakens as it soaks Mexico

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – Record-breaking Hurricane Patricia weakened to a tropical depression over north-central Mexico on Saturday, dumping heavy rain that triggered flooding and landslides but so far causing less damage than feared.

‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Patricia threatens Mexico coast

MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Patricia spiraled toward Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday, threatening to mushroom into an "extremely dangerous" major storm before making landfall, forecasters said.

Guatemala mudslide survivors could get homes on alleged narco’s expropriated land

Survivors of the devastating mudslide that buried a community outside Guatemala City on Oct. 1 could get homes on land expropriated from an alleged narco. The mounting death toll from the mudslide had risen to 253 by Friday.

High tides flood hundreds of homes along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast

The highest tides of the year along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast flooded hundreds of homes in the early hours of Tuesday and Wednesday, mostly in Puntarenas province.

Lessons from 2010 Chile earthquake saved lives this week, say experts

Lessons learned from a devastating earthquake five years ago when authorities were accused of failing the population helped limit the toll from this week's powerful Chile earthquake, experts say.

Climbers’ bodies found on Ecuador volcano after 20 years

Three bodies found on Ecuador's Chimborazo Volcano are believed to be those of climbers who went missing some 20 years ago in an avalanche, officials said Sunday.

Wildfires rage across US state of California

CLEARLAKE, California – Thousands of firefighters battled raging wildfires Sunday in drought-parched California, where officials evacuated entire neighborhoods and closed miles of highway in the path of the inferno, which has claimed at least one life.

El Niño in Costa Rica: We haven’t seen the worst of it yet, say experts

The northwestern province of Guanacaste already has registered the highest deficit in rainfall since the National Meteorological Institute began keeping records in 1937.

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