Hurricane Patricia, a category 5 storm, is seen approaching the coast of Mexico in a Nasa picture taken from the International Space Station on 23 October, 2015. Patricia, the strongest storm yet recorded, bore down on Mexico’s Pacific coast, prompting the evacuation of thousands of tourists and residents and a rush for emergency supplies. The US National Hurricane Centre reported on Friday morning Patricia had maximum sustained winds of about 321kmph (200mph) as it moved north

Photograph: Nasa/Reuters