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.

A powerful hurricane has slammed into southern Mexico, marking a historic first for the tropical calendar. Hurricane Erick ...

Erick rapidly strengthened from a 65 mph tropical storm to a potentially catastrophic 145 mph Category 4 hurricane as it ...

Hurricane Erick has made landfall in southern Mexico at Category 3 intensity with life-threatening storm surge, rainfall ...

Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

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

The hurricane was downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3 storm as it landed, with maximum sustained winds near 125 mph.