Hurricane Patricia made landfall Friday evening on Mexico's southwestern Pacific Coast as residents and tourists braced for what forecasters called "potentially catastrophic" damage.
The Category 5 storm is the strongest ever in the Western Hemisphere, with maximum sustained winds of 190 mph (305 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Here's a look at some of the other strongest hurricanes in history:
Linda
September 1997
Wilma
October 2005
Gilbert
September 1988
Labor Day
September 1935
Rita
September 2005
Allen
August 1980
Katrina
August 2005
Camille
August 1969
Mitch
October 1998
Dean
August 2007
Learn more about historic hurricanes from the National Hurricane Center.
The Associated Press and the National Hurricane Center contributed to this report.