飓风“艾里克”在一夜之间迅速增强，并于周四早上以强大的3级飓风登陆墨西哥太平洋海岸暴风雨，美国国家飓风中心(NHC)说。
据NHC报道，Erick在墨西哥西部的瓦哈卡州登陆，持续风速为每小时125英里，并伴有暴雨。
这飓风据NHC报道，该飓风于周四早上位于Punta Maldonado以东约20英里处，并以每小时9英里的速度向西北方向移动。
据NHC中心报道，在登陆前，Erick已经达到了Saffir-Simpson飓风风力等级中“极其危险”的4级风暴，但在登陆前降级为3级。
Erick是六月份在墨西哥登陆的第一个太平洋三级飓风。
周四从阿卡普尔科到安赫尔港的飓风警报仍然有效。
墨西哥总统克劳迪娅·谢恩鲍姆表示，飓风于当地时间早上5点至早上9点在瓦哈卡州的皮诺特帕国家公园登陆。她说，在登陆之前，埃里克的暴雨和强风主要对瓦哈卡海岸和格雷罗州的科斯塔奇卡造成了破坏，这是一个沿着格雷罗州南海岸的地区。
墨西哥国家灾难机构的协调员劳拉·贝拉斯克斯说，有14个城市受到风雨的影响。
Velázquez说:“Huatulco有一家医院进水，Ciudad Ixtepec有一条河流溢出，九条道路塌方，滞留车辆，倒下的树木和电线杆。”
据NHC报道，这场大飓风似乎袭击了度假城镇阿卡普尔科和Puerto Escondido之间的海岸线，该地区靠近瓦哈卡州和格雷罗州的边界。
随着它横扫瓦哈卡州，预计埃里克将在周四的大部分时间里以强风和暴雨袭击该地区的部分地区，直到周五在陆地上减弱。
到周五为止，埃里克将在格雷罗州东南部和瓦哈卡州西海岸带来6至8英寸的强降雨，并可能引发危及生命的山洪和泥石流，特别是在地势陡峭的地区。
据NHC报道，周二早些时候，埃里克在墨西哥南部附近的太平洋上形成热带风暴，并迅速加强，周三达到飓风强度。
Hurricane Erick slams Mexico's Pacific Coast as a powerful Cat 3 storm
Hurricane Erick, which rapidly intensified overnight, made landfall Thursday morning on Mexico's Pacific Coast as a powerful Category 3storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Erick came ashore in Mexico's western state of Oaxaca packing sustained winds of 125 mph and heavy rain, according to the NHC.
Thehurricanewas located on Thursday morning about 20 miles east of Punta Maldonado and was moving northwest at about 9 mph, according to the NHC.
Before making landfall, the Erick had spooled up to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, but was downgraded to a Category 3 before making landfall, the NHC center reported.
Erick is the first Pacific Category 3 hurricane on record to make landfall over Mexico in June.
A hurricane warning remained in effect Thursday from Acapulco to Puerto Angel.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum said the hurricane made landfall between 5 a.m. and a.m. local time in Pinotepa Nacional in the state of Oaxaca. She said prior to making landfall, Erick's heavy rain and strong wind caused damage mainly to the coast of Oaxaca and in the Costa Chica of Guerrero, an area along the south coast of the state of Guerrero.
Laura Velázquez, coordinator of the Mexico's National Disaster Agency, said there are 14 municipalities affected by rain and winds.
"We have a hospital where water has entered in Huatulco, a river overflow in Ciudad Ixtepec, nine road landslides, stranded vehicles, fallen trees and poles," Velázquez said.
There have been no immediate reports of deaths or injuries.
The major hurricane appeared to hit he coastline between the resort towns of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido in an area near the border of Oaxaca and Guerrero states, according to the NHC.
As it sweeps across the state of Oaxaca, Erick is expected to slam parts of the region with strong winds and heavy rain for most of Thursday before weakening over land by Friday.
Erick will produce heavy rainfall up to 6 to 8 inches across southeastern Guerrero and west-coastal Oaxaca through Friday and likely trigger life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides -- especially in areas of steep terrain.
Erick formed as a tropical storm early Tuesday in the Pacific Ocean near southern Mexico and rapidly intensified, reaching hurricane strength by Wednesday, according to the NHC.
