Hurricane Erick, who intensified rapidly during the night, touched earth on Thursday morning on the Pacific coast of Mexico as a powerful storm of category 3, said the National Hurricane Center of the United States (NHC).
Erick came to land in the western state of Oaxaca of Mexico in the Oaxaca packaging, sustained winds of 125 mph and heavy rains, according to the NHC.
The hurricane was on Thursday morning about 20 miles east of Punta Maldonado and moved to the northwest to approximately 9 mph, according to the NHC.

Hurricane Erick plays land in Mexico as a category 3 storm.
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Before pulling the ground, the Erick had taken a storm of category 4 “extremely dangerous” on the wind scale of Hurricane Saffir-Simpson, but was degraded to a category 3 before pulling the ground, the NHC center reported.
Erick is the first hurricane of category 3 of the Pacific recorded in throwing land on Mexico in June.

Hurricane Erick hits the Pacific coast of Mexico
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A hurricane warning remained in force on Acapulco Thursday to Puerto Angel.
The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the hurricane touched land between 5 am and the local time of National Pinotepa in the state of Oaxaca. He said that before touching the earth, the heavy rain and the strong wind of Erick caused damage mainly to the coast of Oaxaca and on the Costa Chica de Guerrero, an area along the south coast of the state of Guerrero.
Laura Velázquez, coordinator of the National Disaster Agency of Mexico, said there are 14 municipalities affected by rain and winds.
“We have a hospital where water has entered Huatulco, an overflow of the river in Ixtepec City, nine landslides, stranded vehicles, fallen trees and posts,” said Velázquez.
There have been no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
The main hurricane seemed to reach the coast between the tourist cities of Acapulco and Puerto hidden in an area near the border of the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, according to the NHC.
As the state of Oaxaca crosses, Erick is expected to hit parts of the region with strong winds and heavy rains during most Thursday before weakening on the earth on Friday.

People address a business while Hurricane Erick strengthens the Pacific coast of Mexico, in Puerto Escondido, State of Oaxaca, Mexico, June 18, 2025.
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Erick will produce strong rainfall up to 6 to 8 inches in the southeast of Guerrero and Oaxaca-Western until Friday and probably trigger sudden floods and potentially mortal land landslides, especially in areas of steep terrain.
Erick formed as a tropical storm at dawn on Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean, near southern Mexico and quickly intensified, reaching the strength of the hurricane on Wednesday, according to the NHC.