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Thu Jun 19, 2025, 08:08 AM Jun 19

Erick makes landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 3 storm

Source: AP

Updated 8:36 AM EDT, June 19, 2025


PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The hurricane’s center was located about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Punta Maldonado. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 125 mph (205 kph). It was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph), the hurricane center said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/hurricane-erick-mexico-pacific-storm-winds-rain-f2e27fe7d8d30a48de2aa2b4cf952c0d



Just breaking. Short article at post time.

It had briefly intensified to a Cat 4.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPEP5+shtml/191137.shtml

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WTPZ35 KNHC 191137
TCPEP5

BULLETIN
Hurricane Erick Intermediate Advisory Number 12A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL EP052025
600 AM CST Thu Jun 19 2025

...MAJOR HURRICANE ERICK MAKES LANDFALL IN EXTREME WESTERN OAXACA
MEXICO...


SUMMARY OF 600 AM CST...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...16.3N 98.3W
ABOUT 20 MI...30 KM E OF PUNTA MALDONADO MEXICO
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...125 MPH...205 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 310 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...950 MB...28.05 INCHES

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Article updated.

Original article/headline -

Erick makes landfall in western Mexico state as a Category 3 storm

Updated 8:01 AM EDT, June 19, 2025


PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) -- Powerful Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca. That is according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Early Thursday, the hurricane's center was located about 20 miles (30 kilometers) east of Punta Maldonado. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 125 mph (205 kph). It was moving northwest at 9 mph (15 kph), the hurricane center said.
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