Hurricane Erick continues to rapidly intensify and reached Category 4 strength as the extremely dangerous storm continues to approach the southern coast of Mexico in an area popular with travelers.

Hurricane Erick rapidly strengthened on Wednesday into a powerful category 4 storm with winds topping out at 145mph.

Erick set off flash floods in the states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. A stretch of the Pacific coastline, including Acapulco, was under a hurricane warning.

The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a powerful Category 4 to a Category 3. While slightly reduced ...

Major Hurricane Erick makes landfall in extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico. Erick is now a major, category 3 hurricane and ...

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

Hurricane Erick strengthened in the Pacific Ocean and could become a major hurricane before striking Mexico, the National ...

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern Pacific coast as a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds Thursday.

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly.

The storm rapidly intensified overnight to an "extremely dangerous" category 4 hurricane, expected to bring more than 12 ...