MEXICO — Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico as a major hurricane on Thursday.
Erick came ashore on Mexico’s southern coast, east of Punta Maldonado, as a devastating Category 3 hurricane.
The system has maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and is moving northwest at 9 mph.
Forecasters say it could bring up to 16 inches of rain and trigger life-threatening flooding and mudslides.
Officials have issued hurricane warnings and set up shelters before the storm moved in.
The Pacific system is not projected to impact our area.
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