The Strongest Hurricane Ever Is About to Slam Into Mexico

NBC:

Hurricane Patricia became the strongest storm ever measured on the planet early Friday, with experts warning it could trigger 40-foot waves along Mexico’s coast and “life-threatening” flash flooding. More than 7 million residents were told to prepare for the “worst-case scenario” as Patricia was expected to race ashore on Mexico’s Pacific coast between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET Friday. The tourist magnets of Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo were directly in the Category 5 storm’s projected path, and more than two dozen flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta’s airport were canceled Friday out of precaution.

Puerto Vallarta is a popular vacation destination for gay men living up and down the west coast of the United States—they call it Mexico’s Provincetown. Gay Americans who’ve been made to feel so welcome by the people of Puerto Vallarta will now have a chance to repay their kindness by giving generously to post-Patricia relief efforts.