Hurricane Erick has made landfall in Mexico’s western state of Oaxaca, according to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami. The hurricane’s centre was located about 20 miles (30km) east of Punta ...

The system is expected to generate severely destructive winds as the core makes landfall in Mexico on Thursday.

Earlier, forecasters upgraded Erick to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 hurricane before lowering it to a Category 3.

The storm threatened to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, flash floods, and a dangerous storm ...

Hurricane Erick continues to rapidly intensify and reached Category 4 strength as the extremely dangerous storm continues to approach the southern coast of Mexico in an area popular with travelers.

Erick set off flash floods in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. A stretch of the Pacific coastline, including Acapulco, was under a hurricane warning.

Hurricane Erick rapidly strengthened on Wednesday into a powerful category 4 storm with winds topping out at 145mph.

For the third time in less than two years, Mexico's Pacific coast is slammed by a major hurricane. Here's the latest on Erick ...

Hurricane Erick strengthened in the Pacific Ocean and could become a major hurricane before striking Mexico, the National ...

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds Thursday.