Erick Makes Landfall In Southern Mexico As A Category 3 Hurricane

Puerto Escondo, Mexico (AP) – Miami National Hurricane Center, Mexico in the southern province of Thursday in the southern province of Mexico said.

Hurricane center Punta was located about 20 miles (30 kilometers) of Maldonado. The maximum sustainable winds were hours up to 205 km / h. The hurricane center was moving in northwest 9 miles / h (15 km / h).

The storm was slightly reduced before falling ashore from a powerful category 4 to a category. While the power is slightly decreasing, Erick is still considered a large hurricane in the category 3, which can carry wind up to 129 miles / hour (210 km / h).

Storm, Acapulco and Puerto Escondido holiday villages, the needle, Oaxaca and Guerrero states close to the border of a rare -populated coastline entered. Agricultural areas cover the low coastal area between the villages of small fishing villages.

Hurricane Center, Erick is expected to weaken rapidly when South Mexico hit the coastal mountains, and the system is likely to disintegrate on Thursday or at the beginning of Friday.

Storm, the eye fell ashore, flash floods and a dangerous storm fluctuations threatened to release the destructive winds, he said.

The first light on Thursday, Acapulco woke up under the ominous dark clouds, but without rain and small waves on the central beach.

However, the storm was expected to move to the north in the northwest inner parts and brought heavy rain to the facility and the mountains on the tower.

Nevertheless, it was seen that Acapulco survived at least the worst of Erick’s powerful winds.

Late on Wednesday, Erick’s foreseen path, Oaxaca province in the puerto Escondido facility closer to the northwest with Acapulco’la lasted to the south.

In a video message on Wednesday night, President Claudia Sheinbaum urged all the activities in the region to be suspended and people live in low areas to stay in their homes or to move to shelters.

The waves were hitting Esplanade in Puerto Escondo at night, and the wooden fisherman boats that were taken there for security were making swamps. The beach disappeared under the waves of hitting, and the rising tide had already reached the interiors of some coastal restaurants.

As the stores closed and the streets are empty, last -minute purchases ended at night.

In the early hours of the day, the fishermen in Puerto Escondido took their boats out of the water before the arrival of the storm. Some surfers continued to ride waves at Zicatela Beach, even with red flags to warn people to stay away from water.

Acapulco residents were prepared with more preparation and trepidation for the arrival of Erick due to the memory of the destruction committed by Hurricane Otis two years ago.

The city of approximately 1 million was ruined in October 2023. HurricaneA category that is rapidly intensified and caught in many unprepared 5 hurricanes. At least 52 people died in Otis and the storm almost seriously damaged the hotels of the facility.

Guerrero State Gov. Evelyn Salgado said that the entire movement in Acapulco and other beach communities through X will be suspended at 20.00 on Wednesday. Schools throughout the state would remain closed on the second day on Thursday.

51 -year -old Carlos Ozuna Romero lost his restaurant on the edge of an Acapulco beach when Otis hit the destructive winds. On Wednesday, he directed workers who stored tables and chairs.

Ozuna Romero said, “The authorities’ warnings fill us with fear and make us remember everything we had previously, Oz said Ozuna Romero Otis.

In other places, the workers were nailed on the shop windows plywood layers and sandbags outside the door. The cars were lined up to fill their tanks, and those who shop made last -minute purchases before running home.

Verónica Gómez fought a great jug of water on the streets of Acapulco. “We’re all afraid because we think the same thing can happen,” he said.

But he said that he and others learned a lot from Otis. “Now it won’t surprise us,” he said.

On Wednesday, Acapulco had a strong national guard and police on the streets, but most of them were trucks of the visible National Power Company. He tried to clean and brush the crew drainage channels.

Estimators were waiting for Mexico to pollute the Pacific Coast, with Erick’s heavy rain, strong winds and a violent storm. The center’s consultancy, Mexico Oaxaca and Guerrero states, 16 -inch (40 centimeters) rains, Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states can fall with less sum. Precipitation Flood and mud shifts under threatEspecially in areas with vertical land.

Laura Velázquez, Mexican National Civil Defense Coordinator, said Erick is expected to bring “violent” rains to Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas in South Mexico. Along the coast, the mountainous region is prone to sludge shifts with numerous rivers with a flood risk.

Acapulco’s port closed on Tuesday evening. Salgado said that the 582 shelter was preparing to buy people who could evacuate their homes in Guerrero.

It doubled as a power in less than a dayErick was shaken in an ideal environment for rapid concentration. I had last year 34 Fast Intensification Events – Depending on the hurricane center, when a storm gains at least 35 miles / h in 24 hours – on average, it causes twice as much and causes problems -related problems.

Sánchez reported from Acapulco in Mexico.