This handout satellite image obtained from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/GOES shows Tropical Storm Erick over southern Mexico on June 17, 2025. Tropical storm Erick bore down on Mexico's Pacific coast on June 17, likely strengthening to a hurricane bringing life-threatening heavy rains in the days to come, the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. "Rapid strengthening is forecast during the next day or two, and Erick is expected to become a hurricane by tonight or early Wednesday," it added.
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June 18, 2025
Hurricane Erick nears Mexico, strengthens to powerful Category 3 storm — NHC
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Erick has strengthened to a powerful Category 3 storm as it barrels down on Mexico’s Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center said Wednesday.
Now a major hurricane, Erick is expected to bring “potentially destructive winds and life-threatening flash floods to portions of southern Mexico” late Wednesday and Thursday, it said.
