The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly strengthen into a hurricane on Wednesday.

Heavy rainfall, life threatening floods, mudslides and “dangerous” storm surge are expected to accompany the storm. The weather agency has stated the storm “could produce rainfall totals of 8 to 16 inches, with maximum totals of 20 inches, across the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero."

Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify into a hurricane this week, with some meteorologists anticipating it will reach major hurricane status before making landfall in Mexico on Thursday morning.