Hurricane Patricia Recovery Effort Should Be Led by Local Entrepreneurs

We all, we're sure, breathed a sigh of relief to learn that Hurricane Patricia, at one point the strongest hurricane on record, caused much less damage than expected.

As the hurricane's landfall approached, no one knew what level of destruction it would cause on the tourist areas and poorer rural towns of Mexico's west coast. Tens of thousands of people were evacuated, and governments and aid agencies waited to see what would happen.

Luckily, the storm dissipated quickly. Zero deaths have been confirmed as being directly caused by the storm, and no major damage has been reported.

However, there is still much work to be done for many living in the areas affected by Hurricane Patricia. Heavy rain flooded homes, caused mudslides and resulted in power outages not just in Jalisco state where the storm made landfall but also in other areas in the storm's path, like cities across Texas.

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