Hurricane Patricia bears down on Mexico's Pacific Coast

Hurricane Patricia is bearing down on Mexico’s central Pacific Coast for what forecasters said could be a devastating blow, as officials began handing out sandbags in preparation for possible flooding.

In Manzanillo, one of the country’s principal ports, Luz Adriana Limon Rojas of Colima state’s civil defence agency said skies were still calm, if cloudy, and no evacuation orders had been issued.