Restaurants, shops, and supermarkets gradually reopened Friday in Mexico's resort city of Acapulco as authorities continued to assess damage, clear debris, and monitor rising rivers. Torrential rains over steep coastal mountains and the landslides and flooding they could generate became an ongoing concern for officials after Erick dissipated following a landfall early Thursday on a sparsely populated stretch of coast.

Powerful Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico's southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday, the National Hurricane Centre in Miami said.

Southern Mexico began a major clean-up on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Erick, which hit its Pacific coast as a powerful Category