Erick turns rainmaker after hitting Mexico's Pacific coast as a strong hurricane. 1 dead
Source: AP
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and LUIS ALBERTO CRUZ
Updated 10:32 PM CDT, June 19, 2025
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — With a steady rain falling on Acapulco, residents and remaining tourists emerged Thursday evening to walk outside or visit the few open businesses as the remnants of Hurricane Erick scraped by just inland of the resort.
Erick came ashore down southern Mexico’s Pacific coast in the morning as a Category 3 major hurricane, but it landed in a sparsely populated stretch of coastline between resorts Acapulco and Puerto Escondido.
Authorities reported landslides, blocked highways, downed power lines and some flooding, and late Thursday one death as coastal residents, above all in Acapulco, took the storm seriously with memories of devastating Hurricane Otis in 2023 still fresh in their minds.
In Puerto Escondido, fishermen searched for and inspected storm-tossed boats.
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