Hurricane Erick strengthens to ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 4: U.S. U.S. National Hurricane Centre
The Hindu
Hurricane Erick, a Category 4 storm, threatens Mexico's Pacific coast with destructive winds, floods, and storm surge.
Southern Mexico’s Pacific coast was braced for a Thursday (June 19, 2025) morning impact with the approach of Hurricane Erick, which was upgraded to an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 early Thursday (June 19, 2025), the U.S. National Hurricane Centre said.
The major storm threatens to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods and a dangerous storm surge, forecasters said.
The Miami-based centre reported Erick was about 110 kilometres west-southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and about 145 kilometres southeast of Punta Maldonado, Mexico.
The storm had maximum sustained winds of 230 kph and was moving northwest at 15 kph.
A hurricane is defined as Category 4 when wind speeds reach 209-251 kph.
Late Wednesday (June 18, 2025), Erick’s projected path crept south, closer to the resort city of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca state, and centred on a sparsely populated stretch of coastline between the Oaxacan resort and Acapulco to the northwest.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a video message Wednesday (June 18, 2025) night that all activities in the region were suspended and she urged people to stay in their homes or to move to shelters if they lived in low-lying areas.
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