Hurricane Erick is strengthening the storm of the storm while the Pacific Coast of Mexico is preparing upon arrival

Acapulco, Mexico – Hurricane Erick intensified in a major hurricane in category 3 threatening the orchestra which approaches the coast of southern Mexico with destructive and heavy winds, the US Hurricane Center announced on Wednesday.

The center based in Miami warned that Erick has sustained maximum winds of 120 MPH after hours of rapid intensification, reinforcing a category 1 storm earlier during the day.

The cyclone is found in the east of the Pacific at around 55 miles in the south-southwest of Puerto Angel in Mexico. It is also about 160 miles southeast of Punta Maldonado and moving to the northwest at 9 MPH, said the last opinion of the Hurricane Center.

The planned path of the storm would take its center near the Acapulco station, which was devastated in October 2023 by Hurricane OtisA category 5 hurricane that quickly intensified and attracted many people without preparation. At least 52 people died in Otis and 32 disappeared, after the storm has seriously damaged almost all the complex hotels.

In Acapulco on Wednesday, there was a strong presence of the National Guard and the police in the streets, but the most visible were trucks of the National Power Company. The crews worked to eliminate drainage channels and brushes.

Some beaches were already closed, but tourists continued to travel others.

On a beach in Acapulco, a line of people waited for the help of a retro shovel to get their boats out of the water.

Adrián Acevedo Durantres, 52, takes tourists around the picturesque coast of Acapulco in the boats. Two of his boats sank into Hurricane Otis and a third was seriously damaged.

“We take precautions because with Otis, we did not expect that one of this magnitude comes and now with climate change, the water is warmer and the hurricanes are more powerful,” said Acevedo.

This time, the wearing administration ordered that no one goes up the storm aboard their boats. During Otis, many lost their lives by staying on boats in the port, which was traditionally how they ensured their safety in previous storms. He said that some of them were lost at sea.

He admitted that it was sunny and that the water calms down on Wednesday afternoon, which makes it difficult to imagine that a major storm was on the way, but said: “With Otis, it was calm all day, sunny, then at midnight, there were two hours of strong winds and we saw what had happened the next day.”

Francisco Casarubio, a 46 -year -old choreographer, transported an egg card when he was shopping last minute before the storm. He planned to collect rice, beans and canned food.

His house flooded and lost power to Otis and said he was taking Erick more seriously, but had not had time to shop before Wednesday.

The forecasters said that Erick should tie the Pacific Coast of Mexico with heavy rain, strong winds and a fierce storm wave. Rains up to 16 inches (40 centimeters) could fall through the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero, with lower totals in the states of Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco, declared the opinion of the center. Precipitation threatened with floods and mudslidesEspecially in areas with steep terrain.

At the bottom of the coast in Puerto Escondido near the southern tip of the possible path of Erick, some fishermen began to get their boats out of the water under a sky watered on Wednesday.

Even if the wind had not yet taken over at Zicatela beach, the red flags were to warn people to stay outside the water. But some surfers ignored them when they continued to make waves.

Laura Velázquez, national coordinator of the civil defense of Mexico, said that Erick was to bring “torrential” rains to Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas in southern Mexico.

The mountainous region along the east coast particularly subject to mudslides, and there are many rivers that could skip their banks.

Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado said all the schools had been closed on Wednesday and that the state had alerted all fishing and tourism operators for the risk of the upcoming storm and recommended them to prepare their boats. The port of Acapulco closed its doors on Tuesday evening. She said 582 shelters were ready to receive people who could evacuate their house.

President Claudia Sheinbaum, during her daily conference, warned the residents on the way to the hurricane to take into account the government’s instructions and wait for the storm in their homes or the government shelters.