Hurricane flattens Mexico homes, but no major disaster

Homes in Mexico's Chamela community after the passage of hurricane Patricia. - AFP

CHAMELA, Mexico: Hurricane Patricia flattened a fishing hamlet on Mexico's Pacific coast, but authorities were relieved to see Saturday that the record-breaking hurricane largely spared the country and dissipated as it moved north.

The wood and brick homes with tin and palm leaf roofs of 40 families in the village of Chamela were blown away when Patricia made landfall as a Category Five monster in Jalisco state late Friday.