Hurricane Erick has made landfall along the western coast of Mexico east of Acapulco as a Category 3 storm. Maximum sustained winds were 125 mph, dropping from 140 mph only hours earlier.

Hurricane Erick has strengthened to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm, and may intensify further before crossing the southern coast of Mexico on Thursday morning.

Erick made landfall in extreme western Oaxaca, just east of Punta Maldonado, with estimated maximum sustained winds near 125 mph, the National Hurricane Center said.

Hurricane Erick has swiftly intensified into a dangerous Category 3 major hurricane as it closes in on the southern coast of Mexico. Forecasters at the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center ...

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Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday as a major hurricane before moving inland and weakening to a tropical storm. (AP/Luis Alberto Cruz and ...

Hurricane Erick made landfall in western Oaxaca on Thursday, June 19. Although winds were measured at up to 125 miles per hour when the storm hit, Erick had been downgraded overnight from a ...

The storm rapidly intensified overnight to an "extremely dangerous" category 4 hurricane, expected to bring more than 12 inches of rain and life-threatening surge.