 Photos and videos show felled trees and utility poles amid torrential rain, and electricity was down across the region. Mexican officials said more than 2,100 people are taking refuge in shelters, and hundreds of tourists have been evacuated from hotels across the coastline. Barrel is the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded this early in a season. But after reaching Category 5 on Tuesday, it had weakened to a Category 2 by the time it made landfall in Mexico.