Hurricane Erick is forecast to strike the southern coast of Mexico after being upgraded to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 early Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. After becoming a hurricane in the eastern Pacific Ocean early on June 18,

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Oaxaca, Mexico, on Thursday and, according to the National Hurricane Center, has grown to an “extremely dangerous” storm. With hurricane season just beginning, and cuts to federal weather agencies planned,

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.