(18 Jun 2025)
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Acapulco, Mexico – 18 June 2025
1. Various of men moving boat from sea to beach
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Bernalillo, New Mexico – 18 June 2025
2. SOUNDBITE (English), Brian McNoldy, Hurricane Researcher, University of Miami:
“The East Pacific has, East Pacific has been very active so far, you know, we’re about a month into its hurricane season. This is the fifth named storm, the second hurricane. And those two are about a month ahead of normal, so you know it’s definitely been an above average season so far.”
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Acapulco, Mexico – 18 June 2025
3. Various of men pulling rope to backhoe
4. Mid of a man carrying a log
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Albany, New York – 18 June 2025
5. SOUNDBITE (English), Kristen Corbosiero, Atmospheric Sciences Professor, University at Albany:
“It just seems that the atmosphere is just very warmed and sort of primed for thunderstorms right now in that area. That there’s been a lot of…I was looking at some maps over the last couple of weeks, there’s just been a lot of active convection, active thunderstorms in that region. And then disturbances that have kind of propagated through have been able to capitalize on that and sort spin up into the storms we’ve seen.”
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Acapulco, Mexico – 18 June 2025
6. Various of men moving a boat to the beach
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Albany, New York – 18 June 2025
7. SOUNDBITE (English), Kristen Corbosiero, Atmospheric Sciences Professor, University at Albany:
“Unfortunately, it looks like a very bad situation for people that live in that part of the coast. And perhaps inland communities as well. Because anytime you put a lot of rain with mountainous terrain, it’s problematic.”
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Acapulco, Mexico – 18 June 2025
8. Wide of men moving a boat onto the beach
9. Mid of men walking in front of a boat
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Albany, New York – 18 June 2025
10. SOUNDBITE (English), Kristen Corbosiero, Atmospheric Sciences Professor, University at Albany:
“We know that warmer waters, deeper waters, more moisture in the atmosphere are gonna be the things that possibly lead to rapid intensification. So it very probably likely has a component of climate change.”
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Acapulco, Mexico – 18 June 2025
11. Various of men pulling a boat onto the beach
12. Mid of a boat parked on the beach
STORYLINE:
Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow into a major hurricane, Hurricane Erick chugged through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approached the Mexican southern coast.
This type of rapid intensification has become more common in a warmer climate, especially in the Atlantic and near the United States, which is not where Erick is now, scientists said. Last year, there were there 34 incidents of rapid intensification — when a storm gains at least 35 mph in 24 hours — which is about twice as much as average and caused problems with forecasting, according to the National Hurricane Center. Erick, an otherwise run-of-the-mill hurricane that’s strong but not unusual, gained 50 mph in just 18 hours and was still powering up as it neared the coast.
Because of where it’s heading — near Acapulco — and it’s rapid intensification, Erick brings back bad memories of deadly Hurricane Otis, which seemed to come from out of nowhere to smack Mexico with a top-of-the-scale Category 5 hurricane in 2023. But Erick is no Otis, especially because of timing. Erick is an early season storm and Otis hit in October.
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