United States: As twilight edged over Wednesday afternoon, Hurricane Erick erupted into a formidable Category 2 cyclone, spinning wrathfully toward Mexico’s southern shoreline. Authorities issued sharp cautions, signaling the storm’s swift climb into a potentially calamitous major hurricane — one that could crush coastal settlements under a barrage of ruinous gusts, cascading floods, and unstable earthslides.
By early dusk, Erick’s heart was pulsating with winds clocking 100 mph (155 kph), according to meteorological scouts at the US National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm’s path twisted ominously closer, foretelling a landfall by Thursday.
The tempest’s eye brooded just 105 miles (165 kilometers) shy of Puerto Ángel and loomed roughly 215 miles (345 kilometers) southeast of Punta Maldonado, drifting through the eastern Pacific basin. The center’s latest communique painted a grim picture: Erick was poised to lash the Pacific coast with thundering rainfall, abrasive gusts, and a feral storm surge.
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