Here's the latest on erick. Hurricane erick became a dangerous category 4 hurricane on approach to mexico on thursday, and continuing coverage has moved here The fifth named storm, second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 2025 pacific hurricane season, erick was the earliest fifth named storm on record in the eastern pacific basin and the earliest major hurricane to make landfall on either coast of mexico (pacific or atlantic).
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The hurricane maxed out as a ferocious category 4 storm with 145 mph winds just off the coast in.
Erick — the fifth named storm of the 2025 eastern pacific hurricane season — made landfall as a category 3 hurricane in southern mexico's oaxaca on thursday before later being downgraded to a.
Erick formed as a tropical storm early tuesday in the pacific ocean near southern mexico and rapidly intensified, reaching hurricane strength by wednesday, according to the nhc. Residents and authorities in southern mexico are assessing the damage and watching for rising rivers as rain from the remnants of hurricane erick doused the region The given name eric, erich, erikk, erik, erick, eirik, or eiríkur is derived from the old norse name eiríkr [ˈɛiˌriːkz̠] (or eríkr [ˈeˌriːkz̠] in old east norse due to monophthongization).
