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		</div><p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>But with the storm forecast to make landfall on Friday as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane, neighbourhood officials had begun picking up sandbags and Luis Felipe Puente, Mexico’s civil defence coordinator, said schools would be closed in Colima.</p>
<p>The neighbouring state of Jalisco activated an emergency protocol, and Mexico’s National Water Commission recommended that small craft avoid navigating the waters of the area.</p>
<p>The US National Hurricane Centre in Miami warned that preparations should be rushed to completion, saying the storm could cause coastal flooding and flash floods.</p>
<p>Patricia’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 130mph, already Category 4 strength, and forecasters said it could grow even stronger before slamming into land. The projected track would carry it onshore between Manzanillo and Puerto Vallarta.</p>
<p>Patricia was centred about 240 miles south-south west of Lazaro Cardenas, with movement toward the west-north west at 17mph.</p>
<p>A hurricane warning was in effect for the Mexican coast from Cabo Corrientes to Punta San Telmo, a stretch of coastline that includes Manzanillo. A broader area was under hurricane watch, tropical storm warning, or tropical storm watch.</p>
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