(20 Jun 2025)
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San Jose del Progreso, Oaxaca, Mexico – 19 June 2025
1. Various of gas station with collapsed roof
2. Various of debris, people outside after Hurricane Erick made landfall
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico – 19 June 2025
3. Man checking fishing boat
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Ana Luisa Granados, 59, fisherwoman:
"Now calmer, I can see our assets, which are the boats, and help our fellow fishermen check their boats after the passage of Erick, because some of them live far away and we are checking our fellow fishermen’s boats."
5. Various of fishing boats
6. Palm tree and wind
7. Various of waves
STORYLINE:
Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday as a major hurricane before moving inland and weakening to a tropical storm as it dumped heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
The hurricane’s center was located about 35 miles (60 kilometers) north-northeast of Acapulco Thursday afternoon. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 50 mph (85 kph). It was moving northwest at 12 mph (19 kph), the hurricane center said.
The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a powerful Category 4 to a Category 3.
The storm threaded the needle between the resorts of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido, tearing into a sparsely populated stretch of coastline near the border of Oaxaca and Guerrero states.
Erick weakened rapidly as it crashed into the coastal mountains of southern Mexico, and the system is likely to dissipate late Thursday or early Friday, the hurricane center said.
At first light Thursday, Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds. Rain started later in the morning with the arrival of stronger winds. There was light traffic in the streets.
However, the storm moved northwest just inland up the coast through midday, bringing heavy rain to the resort and the mountains that tower dramatically above it.
Still, it appeared Acapulco had dodged the worst at least in terms of Erick’s strong winds.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday “the people have reacted very well so far.”
No injuries have been reported.
AP Video shot by Luis Alberto Cruz and Amaranta Marentes
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