Hurricane Patricia weakens over Mexico

(Updated)

Hurricane Patricia has been downgraded to a tropical depression.

The storm’s maximum sustained winds have decreased Saturday morning to 60 kph with rapid weakening expected to continue.

Patricia is centred about 200 kilometres west of Brownsville, Texas, and is moving toward the north-northeast at 33 kph.

The storm made landfall Friday evening on Mexico’s Pacific coast as a monstrous Category 5 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 270 kph.

There have been no initial reports of death or major damage as the storm seems to have missed major populated areas.