By Aida Pelaez-Fernandez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Hurricane Erick was advancing rapidly near Mexico's southern Pacific coast as a Category 4 storm and was expected to make landfall on Thursday, authorities said,

The storm is expected to bring “life-threatening” rainfall, flooding and storm surges, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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