US EditionHurricane Erick strengthens to a Category 3 storm as it nears Mexico’s Pacific coast
- On June 19, 2025, Hurricane Erick rapidly strengthened into an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm near Mexico's Pacific coast, approaching Guerrero and Oaxaca.
- The storm followed a history of severe weather, including October 2023's Category 5 Hurricane Otis, which caused at least 52 deaths and devastated Acapulco's resorts.
- Authorities suspended all movement in Acapulco at 8 p.m., closed schools statewide, and prepared 582 shelters for evacuations amid warnings of heavy rain and strong winds.
- The National Hurricane Center forecast up to 20 inches of rain, damaging winds, and life-threatening floods causing landslides in southern Mexico as Erick neared landfall.
- This storm heightened concerns due to the region’s vulnerability and recent memory of Otis, prompting emergency planning and government warnings urging residents to shelter safely.
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‘Unprecedented' Erick is first record-setting hurricane of 2025: Morales
No major hurricane on record had struck before August on the Pacific coast of Mexico until Erick did so on this mid-June Thursday as a category 3, after peaking as a 145 mile-per-hour (mph) category 4 monster.
Extremely Dangerous Hurricane Erick Looms Over Mexico's Pacific Coast
Hurricane Erick, now an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, was located very near Mexico's southern Pacific coast and is expected make landfall on Thursday, authorities said. The hurricane was located 55 miles...
The Pacific coast of southern Mexico was preparing on Thursday morning for the arrival of Hurricane Erick, which was reclassified to category 4, making it an "extremely dangerous" storm according to the National Hurricane Centre of the United States.
Hurricane Erick strengthens to Category 3 off Mexico’s Pacific Coast
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Erick strengthened rapidly into a major Category 3 hurricane today as it churned toward Mexico’s southern Pacific Coast, where it is expected to make landfall early Thursday, authorities said. Erick is expected to bring potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash flooding to parts of southern Mexico tonight and Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in a report. “A hurricane hunter aircraft reports…
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