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Strongest hurricane ever and Authorities Say it still poses a serious threat. The big concern now is from the rain and mudslides which would be caused from that rain which is still falling across many parts of this country. Mexicos president has expressed some cautious optimism. In a video a few hours ago addressed to the nation he reminded everyone to remain caution. Puerto vallarta was expected to bear the brunt of the storm. Our Martin Savidge was there reporting and he now brings a sigh of r...

Rainfall. john? >> reporter: yeah. i think youre right, karen, when you say the word here is it could have been a whole lot worse. we still dont know just how bad patricia was because it is so dark. as the sun comes up and we see the outlying areas, well get a better idea of what damage has been left behind in the wake of patricia in the next few hoyers. thank you so much for keeping us informs of what was going on. of course, if youd like to help anyone who has been impacted. we have groups who...

john, to tell you the truth. i think the manner in which they communicated it is time to move, and those that did, i think, are happier hothoteliers and those hotel rooms. having that communication with enough time for you to react and the right message, i think thats crucial in these type of situations. >> reporter: that was carl emberson speaking to me a short time ago. to get the size and scope of the storm, we need to go above. nasa took some images. one was taken at noon eastern time on...

The whole eyewall from inside the eye and its a pretty good picture, clear skies. we didnt have any of that. we could see lightning flashes, and that was pretty much it. >> reporter: in so many ways it seems hurricane patricia is one for the record books. well have much more of our coverage of the storm, fred. but back to you in the meantime. >> thank you very much, john. absolutely amazing to hear from that pilot who flew into the eye of the storm. well check back in with you very shortly, but ...

Recrennelly after the downgrade, they reminded people that despite the downgrade, the storm is still dangerous. that was a tweet they put out there. you know, a lot of people are relieved that its not as bad as they thought it would be, but theyre also saying, you know, look, you need to still take precaution, take shelter, and were hearing that from the aid groups, john. >> reporter: okay, laurie. thank you for that. well done on finding the happy dog story out of the hurricane here. and cnns i...

The #patricia. youre looking at images of that right there. and then, you know, john, one of the most touching parts of the storm is watching all of this support. youre seeing people use t the #prayformexico. one tweet thats particularly interesting. astronaut scott kelly, hes tweeting from space as you guys have probably mentioned earlier, showing images. he says patricias force isnt lost on me. my thoughts are with friends and all in mexico and hes signing off from space saying good night. you...

guadalajara which is about a four-hour drive from here. since then weve had inclement weather, lots of rain. thankfully in this part of the region, john, not much damage. were hoping within the next 24 to 48 hours to return to the property, but thats about an update down here. >> you say the guests made the trip to safety but i guess the staff stayed behind along with yourself. can you explain what it was like? i imagine youre expecting the worst and when that didnt happen, clearly there mus...

Im john voros. patricia has now weakened to a category 2 storm with sustained winds of up to 165 kilometers per hour and earlier nasa released these still shots of patricia as it closed in on mexico as a record-breaking category 5 storm. you u can see the eye with the intense rain wrapped around it. earlier we heard from a u.s. air force pilot who flew inside the hurricane to report its wind speed. >> theres a lot of rain associated with the storm obviously. the eye was very well defined and ver...

Welcome back, everyone, to our special coverage of hurricane patricia, which has now been downgraded to a category 1 hurricane as the storm loses steam over mexicos mountainous regions. it hit the countrys pacific coast on friday without much warning as a category 5 storm, which, of course, is the fierce effort category. thousands of people have been forced from their homes. others decided to wait it out. mexicos president says so far damage has been much less than feared. mudslides are a main c...

Disaster, social media has been really important in getting word out, tweeting maps of shelters o so people have an idea where to go. oftentimes when people dont know where to turn, they go to their devices, facebook and twitter and thats where the messages are getting out, john. >> reporter: its become so important, so much more so than you could have imagined a few years ago. laurie, thanks so much for that. of course, well have much more coverage of patricia in the coming hours. in the meanti...