Having doubled in strength in less than a day and still expected to grow further, Hurricane Erick on Wednesday chugged through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approached Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Erick has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane and could reach major hurricane strength before landfall in the coming day along southern Mexico’s

Hurricane Erick has formed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to rapidly strengthen, according to the National Hurricane Center.