Part 2, Part 1 is here: Waves grew taller by the minute, and before anyone realized what was happening, walls of water nearly 16 ft high came crashing into the shore. Streets flooded, cars floated like toys, and beachfront restaurants were swallowed by seawater.
WATCH: CHAOS in Mexico! Huge Waves Hit Mazatlán as Storm Priscilla, Houses Destroyed, 134 Boats Capsized Weather Unchained Oct 11 transcript follows: Hurricane Priscilla real footage some w AI altered sound, visuals digitally generated. Part one is here: more to come shortly
Mexico floods kill at least 23 people as storms head north- News Today Oct 11 report w script at Heating Planet blog
National disaster unfolds across Mexico as relentless storms unleash devastating floods and deadly landslides. Authorities confirm at least 23 fatalities https://cityofangels25.blogspot.com/2025/10/mexico-floods-kill-at-least-23-people.html
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Get out.
0:24
It started as a bright, peaceful morning
0:27
along Mexico's Pacific coast. the kind
0:29
of day Puerto Viarta is famous for. But
0:32
by midday, paradise turned perilous. The
0:36
ocean began to roar. Waves grew taller
0:38
by the minute, and before anyone
0:40
realized what was happening. Walls of
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water nearly 16 ft high came crashing
0:45
into the shore. Streets flooded, cars
0:48
floated like toys, and beachfront
0:50
restaurants were swallowed by seawater.
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Hurricane Priscilla, a powerful category
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2 storm, wasn't even on land. It was
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spinning hundreds of miles offshore, yet
1:01
its force was enough to push the Pacific
1:03
itself into the city. The storm's
1:06
distant eye never crossed Puerto Varta,
1:09
but its reach was unmistakable. In just
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hours, one of Mexico's most visited
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resort towns went from sun soaked calm
1:17
to chaos, a living reminder that you
1:19
don't have to be in the storm's path to
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feel its power.
1:47
[Music]
1:52
By early afternoon, panic spread across
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Puerto Viarta. The beaches, usually
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packed with tourists, were suddenly
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empty, covered in foamy seaater and
2:02
debris. Red flags flew up along the
2:04
entire coastline, warning everyone to
2:06
stay away from the ocean. Local
2:09
authorities declared a coastal emergency
2:11
as waves smashed over the Malacon Seaw,
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flooding streets and storefronts just
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blocks from the beach. Videos shared
2:18
online showed waves swallowing
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sidewalks, knocking over palm trees and
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slamming into cars parked near the
2:24
waterfront. Restaurants and cafes rushed
2:27
to close their doors, dragging sandbags
2:29
to their entrances as salt water poured
2:31
through the streets. In the city's port
2:34
district, docks were destroyed and small
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fishing boats were tossed around like
2:38
paper in the wind. Officials urged
2:40
residents to stay indoors and warned
2:43
tourists not to approach the shore for
2:45
photos or videos. The sea has completely
2:49
changed its behavior. One civil
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protection officer said the danger isn't
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the rain or the wind, it's the ocean
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itself. Meteorologists explained that
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Priscilla's powerful winds and low
3:01
pressure had caused a storm surge, a
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sudden rise in sea level that can flood
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entire neighborhoods even without
3:07
landfall. For Puerto Vallarta, it was a
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terrifying lesson in just how far the
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reach of a hurricane can go.
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An awesome face.
3:44
By nightfall, Puerto Varta was
3:46
unrecognizable.
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Streets once filled with music and
3:50
tourists now echoed with the sound of
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rushing water and sirens. Along
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Francisco Medina Asencio Avenue, the
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city's main artery cars were half
4:00
submerged, their headlights flickering
4:02
beneath the murky flood. Emergency teams
4:05
waited through kneedeep water, rescuing
4:07
people trapped in vehicles and homes.
4:10
The Jaliscoco Civil Protection Unit
4:12
issued an urgent bulletin storm. Surges
4:15
had advanced several meters inland,
4:17
flooding hotels, restaurants, and gas
4:19
stations. In the Versale's neighborhood,
4:22
a fuel station stood underwater. Crews
4:25
worked tirelessly to shut off power
4:27
lines and secure gas valves to prevent
4:29
explosions. "We've never seen the sea
4:31
rise this fast," one official said. "It
4:34
feels like the ocean is breathing down
4:36
our necks." Port authorities reported
4:38
severe damage to docks and
4:40
infrastructure.
4:42
At the Pa de los Muertos Pier, the waves
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tore through wooden walkways and sent
4:47
debris scattering into the bay.
4:50
Municipal workers and volunteers rushed
4:52
to reinforce barriers with sandbags, but
4:54
the force of the water was relentless.
4:57
Still, amidst the chaos, the community
4:59
pulled together. Neighbors helped clear
5:02
debris. Businesses offered shelter to
5:03
stranded tourists, and first responders
5:06
fought through exhaustion to keep the
5:07
city from sinking deeper into disaster.
5:11
[Applause]
5:39
When dawn finally broke over Puerto
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Varta, the city looked like a
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battlefield. field. Mud, debris, and
5:45
seawater coated the streets while
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workers in orange vests waited through
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pools of standing water to restore power
5:52
and clear blocked drains. For many
5:54
residents, it was the first time they'd
5:56
stepped outside since the storm surge
5:58
hit. The air smelled of salt and
6:01
gasoline, and the once bustling
6:03
waterfront was eerily silent. Cleanup
6:05
crews worked non-stop to remove
6:07
sandbroken glass and twisted metal from
6:10
the roads. Utility teams struggled to
6:13
repair downed power lines while city
6:15
engineers inspected bridges and seaw
6:17
walls for cracks. Restaurants and small
6:20
shops near the marina counted their
6:22
losses. Shattered windows, ruined
6:24
furniture, waterlogged kitchens. Yet
6:27
amid the wreckage, there was resilience.
6:30
Volunteers handed out bottled water and
6:32
food to those displaced by the floods.
6:35
Hotels opened their lobbies to stranded
6:37
tourists and firefighters continued
6:39
pumping water from flooded neighborhoods
6:41
long into the night. Officials warned
6:44
that it could take weeks to restore full
6:46
infrastructure, but the community's
6:48
spirit was unbroken. In a statement, the
6:51
mayor vowed Puerto Varta will rise again
6:54
stronger, safer, and ready for tomorrow.
7:04
my way.
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[Music]
7:14
Hey now.
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While Hurricane Priscilla never made
7:29
direct landfall in Puerto Valarda, its
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impact was brutally clear. The
7:34
destruction came not from rain or wind,
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but from an invisible force at sea, a
7:39
storm surge. A storm surge happens when
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powerful winds and low atmospheric
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pressure from a hurricane push the
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ocean's surface upward, creating a
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massive dome of water that races toward
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land. In this case, Priscilla's 100
7:54
mileph winds swept across the Pacific,
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funneling that surge straight into the
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Bay of Banderas. The result was a wall
8:01
of water nearly 15 ft high, slamming
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into the coastline and swallowing
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streets in minutes. Experts from
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Mexico's National Water Commission,
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Konagua, explained that the geography of
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Puerto Valarda makes it especially
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vulnerable. Its deep bay acts like a
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funnel amplifying incoming waves. Add
8:21
the seasonal high tides of early
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October, and the surge had nowhere to go
8:25
but inland. Meteorologists say this
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event is a textbook warning hurricanes
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don't need to make landfall to cause
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catastrophic coastal flooding. Rising
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ocean temperatures, now about 2° swars,
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warmer than average, are supercharging
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storms like Priscilla, giving them more
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energy to push the sea inland. Nature
8:45
didn't miss the city, it surrounded it.
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[Music]
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Man,
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as the waves retreated, what remained
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were stories etched in fear and
9:22
survival. On the flooded streets of
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Puerto Viarta, residents described the
9:27
moment the sea came for their city. "We
9:30
thought the storm was far away," said
9:32
Maria Lopez, owner of a small cafe near
9:34
the Malakon. There was no rain, no
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warning, just the sound of the ocean
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roaring louder and louder. Then,
9:41
suddenly, the water was at our door.
9:44
Across the bay, fishermen in Bokeh
9:46
Detomatlan watched in disbelief as boats
9:49
snapped their moorings and drifted
9:51
inland, smashing against seaw walls. One
9:54
man, waste deep in rushing water,
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shouted, "This wasn't a storm. It was
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the ocean rising." Emergency responders
10:02
recall scenes of chaos as vehicles
10:04
floated down Francisco Medina Asencio
10:07
Avenue like toys in a bathtub. We
10:10
rescued people trapped in their cars,
10:12
said civil protection officer Jorge
10:14
Ramirez. Some were screaming, others
10:17
were silent. Everyone was terrified. By
10:21
nightfall, hotels opened their lobbies
10:23
to stranded tourists while locals shared
10:25
blankets, food, and stories under candle
10:27
light. In the darkness, one truth became
10:30
clear. It takes minutes for the ocean to
10:32
destroy, but years for a community to
10:34
rebuild.
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There it is. Yep. Coming in. There it
10:49
is.
10:58
Here it comes.
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[Music]
11:05
Puerto Viarta's flooding wasn't just a
11:08
local disaster. It was a global warning
11:10
shot. Scientists say events like this
11:13
will only become more frequent as oceans
11:15
warm and sea levels rise. The Pacific,
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once predictable, is now a wild card.
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Every degree of ocean warming adds more
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fuel for hurricanes like Priscilla
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supercharging winds, rainfall, and the
11:28
invisible surge that swallowed a city.
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Urban planners and emergency officials
11:33
across Mexico are already calling for
11:35
stronger sea walls, better drainage, and
11:38
real-time flood alert systems. But the
11:41
message reaches far beyond Latin
11:43
America. Coastal cities in the United
11:45
States from Miami to Galveastston, from
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San Diego to Honolulu face the same
11:50
ticking clock. "This is what the future
11:53
looks like," warned meteorologist Carlos
11:55
Ramirez, who's tracked Pacific
11:57
hurricanes for two decades. Even if the
12:00
storm never touches land, its power can
12:02
reach you. For Puerto Valarda, recovery
12:05
means more than rebuilding streets. It
12:08
means rethinking how to live beside the
12:10
sea. The waves may have receded, but the
12:13
fear remains a reminder that nature
12:15
always gets the final word. Because in
12:18
the age of climate extremes, the next
12:20
storm is never far away.
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Heat.
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Heat.
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[Music]
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As the lights of Puerto Valarta slowly
12:54
return, the scars of Hurricane Priscilla
12:56
remain broken streets, waterlogged
12:59
homes, and memories that won't fade with
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the tide. Yet among the ruins, there's
13:04
resilience, neighbors helping neighbors,
13:07
strangers becoming rescuers. A city
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proving that even when the ocean rises,
13:12
the human spirit rises higher. But what
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happened here isn't isolated. From
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Florida's Gulf Coast to California's
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Pacific cliffs, communities everywhere
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share the same fragile line between
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beauty and danger. The ocean gives and
13:28
it takes. And as the planet warms, these
13:32
moments of chaos will only grow
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stronger, faster, and closer to home. So
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ask yourself, are we ready for what
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comes next? If this story moved, you
13:42
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13:47
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