The system is expected to generate severely destructive winds as the core makes landfall in Mexico on Thursday.

Earlier, forecasters upgraded Erick to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane before lowering it to a Category 3.

Hurricane Erick weakened to a Category 3 storm before making landfall in Mexico's Oaxaca state, the US National Hurricane ...

By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Hurricane Erick made landfall on the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday ...

The storm threatened to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods, and a dangerous storm ...

Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a ...

Hurricane Erick, after an astonishing burst of rapid intensification, has made landfall in extreme western Oaxaca state, east ...

Hurricane Erick continues to rapidly intensify and reached Category 4 strength as the extremely dangerous storm continues to approach the southern coast of Mexico in an area popular with travelers.

Erick set off flash floods in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. A stretch of the Pacific coastline, including Acapulco, was under a hurricane warning.