Hurricane Erick strengthens to a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast
- Hurricane Erick rapidly intensified into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm near southern Mexico's Pacific coast on June 19 and 20, 2025.
- Officials issued a hurricane warning from Acapulco to Puerto Ángel and suspended all movement and school activities in Guerrero due to Erick's expected landfall.
- Erick is forecast to bring heavy rains of up to 20 inches, damaging winds, life-threatening flash floods, and possible landslides to southern Mexican states including Guerrero and Oaxaca.
- Authorities set up over 582 shelters and urged residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, recalling the devastation from Hurricane Otis in October 2023 that killed at least 52 people and severely damaged Acapulco.
- Erick's rapid strengthening and projected landfall suggest urgent preparations and potential for severe damage in the region already recovering from previous major storms.
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With a steady rain falling on Acapulco, residents and remaining tourists emerged Thursday evening to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of Hurricane Erick scraped by just inland of the resort. Erick came ashore down southern Mexico’s Pacific coast in the morning as a Category 3 major hurricane, but it landed in a sparsely populated stretch of coastline between resorts Acapulco and Puerto Escondido. Authorities reported…


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