Hurricane Erick became the first named storm of the 2025 Pacific hurricane season to strike land Thursday, coming ashore near Acapulco, Mexico, as a strong Category 3 hurricane.

Powerful Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico’s western state of Oaxaca. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

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 ...

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

Acapulco residents said they were bracing for Erick’s arrival with more preparation and trepidation because of the memory of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Otis two years earlier.

Acapulco, still scarred by Otis, dodges the worst of Erick People assess damage on a beach after Hurricane Erick made landfall on the Pacific coast, in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, on June 19.

Erick weakens after landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 hurricane The storm threaded the needle between the resorts of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido.

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — 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 ...

While slightly reduced in power, Erick is still considered a major hurricane as a Category 3, which can carry winds of up to 129 mph.The storm threaded the needle between the resorts of Acapulco ...