A one-year-old boy died and thousands of people were left without power after Hurricane Erick made landfall on Mexico ’s southern Pacific coast early on Thursday, bringing destructive winds, torrential rain and a powerful storm surge.

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

Hurricane Erick slammed into Mexico’s Oaxaca state as a dangerous Category 3 storm Thursday morning, unleashing powerful winds at the coast while spreading heavy rain over the region. The hurricane made landfall about 20 miles east of Punta Maldonado,