Hurricane Erick approaches Pacific coast, threatens Mexico with flooding

Erick is expected to rapidly intensify and scope large hurricane spot arsenic it approaches Mexico’s coast.

Hurricane Erick is forecast to bring dense rain, beardown winds, tempest surge and imaginable mudslides to confederate coastal Mexico, the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC) has said, causing imaginable “life-threatening flooding and mudslides.”

Initially a tropical storm, Erick grew into a Category 1 hurricane connected Wednesday, packing maximum sustained winds of 120km/h (75 mph), the meteorological centre said. It was located 255km (158 miles) from the municipality of Puerto Angel successful the confederate Mexican authorities of Oaxaca.

“Rapid strengthening is expected today, and Erick whitethorn scope large hurricane spot erstwhile it approaches the seashore of confederate Mexico Thursday,” the NHC said.

Forecasts predicted rainfall crossed the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, arsenic good arsenic little dense rains for the states of Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum urged the colonisation to beryllium alert.

The storm’s projected way would instrumentality its centre adjacent the renowned edifice of Acapulco, which was devastated successful October 2023 by Hurricane Otis, a Category 5 hurricane that killed astatine slightest 52 people, and near a way of destruction, aft the tempest severely damaged astir each of the resort’s hotels.

John, a Category 3 tempest that deed successful September past year, caused astir 15 deaths.

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