The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a powerful Category 4 to a Category 3. While slightly reduced in power, Erick is still considered a major hurricane as a Category 3, which can carry winds of up to 129 mph (210 kph).

H urricane Erick — the fifth-named storm of the Eastern Pacific hurricane season — is approaching the coast of southern Mexico as "an extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, th