Скачать или смотреть Hurricane Erick strengthens to a Category 2 storm as it nears Mexico's Pacific coast

(18 Jun 2025)
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Acapulco, Mexico - 18 June 2025
1. Various of men moving boat from sea to beach
2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adrián Acevedo, Tourism Operator:
"We’re taking precautions because with Otis we never expected one of that magnitude to come and now with climate change the water is warmer and the hurricanes are more powerful."
3. Various of men moving boat to the beach
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Alberto Lara, Boat Technician:
"People no longer want to go through the same thing, they want to prevent it. And it's a good thing that authorities, in one way or another, are putting out messages or reports that explain that it's necessary to take the appropriate precautions."
5. Various of men moving boats to beach
STORYLINE:
Hurricane Erick rapidly strengthened Wednesday afternoon into a potent Category 2 storm as it churned toward Mexico's southern coast amid warnings it was likely to become a dangerous major hurricane that would threaten the region with damaging winds, life-threatening flash floods and mudslides.

In preparation of Erick making landfall, locals in Acapulco were pulling their boats from the water to protect them. Memories are fresh here of Hurricane Otis which hit the city in 2023. Otis was a Category 5 hurricane which left at least 50 people dead and caused billions of damage, according to a report by the U.S. National Hurricane Center.

Hurricane Erik's maximum sustained winds had risen by early afternoon to 110 mph (175 kph) as the intensifying storm headed toward an expected landfall sometime Thursday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

Erick was centered about 85 miles (135 kilometers) south of Puerto Ángel, the latest advisory said.

In Acapulco Wednesday, some beaches were already closed, but on others tourists continued to sunbathe.

On a beach in Acapulco, a line of people waited for the help of a backhoe digger to pull their boats out of the water.

Adrián Acevedo, 52, takes tourists around Acapulco’s picturesque coastline in boats.

Two of his boats sank in Hurricane Otis and a third was badly damaged.

“We’re taking precautions because with Otis we never expected one of that magnitude to come and now with climate change the water is warmer and the hurricanes are more powerful,” Acevedo said.

This time the port administration ordered that no one ride out the storm aboard their boats.

Laura Velázquez, Mexico’s national civil defense coordinator, said that because of Erick’s strengthening, “the yellow alert level, that is, medium danger, was upgraded to orange, high danger.”

Guerrero Gov. Evelyn Salgado said all schools were closed Wednesday and the state had alerted all of the fishing and tourism operators of the risk of the coming storm and recommended they prepare their boats.

She said 582 shelters were prepared to receive people who might evacuate their homes.

Forecasters said Erick was expected to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain, strong winds and a fierce storm surge.

AP video by Amaranta Marentes

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