ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds, flash ...

After undergoing rapid intensification, Erick made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday as a Category 3 hurricane.

MEXICO CITY >> Erick weakened to a tropical storm after making landfall as a major hurricane on Mexico’s southern Pacific ...

Hurricane Erick weakened after slamming into Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm, leaving a trail of damaged businesses, wrecked boats and flooded streets in the state of Oaxaca as ...

The hurricane was downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3 storm as it landed, with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph.

As of 12 p.m. CT, Erick was moving inland over southern Mexico, about 60 miles north-northwest of Punta Maldonado, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, according to the NHC.

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds Thursday.

Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify before it arrives in Mexico later this week, with some meteorologists anticipating the storm to reach major hurricane strength before landfall.

Erick deteriorated quickly as it tracked through Mexico’s steep mountains and dissipated Thursday night. It became a Category 1 hurricane a few hours after landfall, was a tropical storm in the ...

As of early Tuesday, Tropical Storm Erick was positioned about 410 miles southeast of Punta Maldonado, Mexico, with sustained winds of 45 mph and higher gusts. The NHC has predicted a west-northwest ...

Hurricane Erick is on a path to strike Mexico as a powerful and intensifying storm Thursday. It’s the fifth named storm of the season in the eastern Pacific Ocean.