CNN CNN Newsroom Live October 24, 2015 09:53:00
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 mexico's mountainous regions. it hit the country's 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. mexico's president says so far damage has been much less than feared. mudslides are a main concern as heavy rain continues to fall. let's bring in our own john vause once more for the lates...