Hurricane Eric is “very dangerous” because it approaches Mexico

The American Hurricane Center (NHC) says that the hurricane has strengthened into a “very dangerous” storm of the fourth category, as it is heading towards the Pacific coast of Mexico.

The maximum of sustainable winds in the storm was near 220 km/h (140 miles per hour) early Thursday local time.

The predictors expect that they will fall in the coming hours with the states of Oaxaka and Verrero, most likely to be affected by what NHC says it could be “destructive damage to the wind.”

Mexican President Claudia Shinbum told people on the way to “continuing official contacts, staying at home, and not going out.”

The Hurricane warning is valid at a distance of 500 km (300 miles) from the Pacific Coast, from the resort’s ACAPULCO to Puerto Angel.

The population was warned in Guerrero and Oaxaca of life -threatening floods.

“If you are in low areas, near rivers, near the waterways, it is best for you to go to the shelters, to the shelters that have already created this situation,” said Claudia Shinbom, Mexican President, Claudia Shinbom.

People who live in mountainous areas have been said to be cautious about potential mud collapses.

About 2000 shelters have been created throughout the states of Chiabas, Guerrero, Oaxaca and more than 18,000 respondents that were filled to prepare for the hurricane.

It is expected to be the first to make land in Mexico this season, which lasts from the beginning of June to the end of November.

In October 2023 at least 50 people were killed During a hurricane OTIS, hurricanes of 5 category that was hit by ACAPULCO.

OTIS quickly intensifies, which means that many people were not ready when the hurricane achieved a decline.

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