Hurricane Erick rapidly intensified over the last 24 hours, growing into a powerful Category 4 storm but weakening slightly before making landfall.

Hurricane Erick made landfall in Mexico as a major hurricane on Thursday. Erick came ashore on Mexico’s southern coast, east of Punta Maldonado, as a devastating Category 3 hurricane. The system has maximum sustained winds of 125 mph and is moving northwest at 9 mph.