Hurricane Erick strengthened in the Pacific Ocean and could become a major hurricane before striking Mexico, the National Hurricane Center warned.

Hurricane Erick, which rapidly intensified overnight, made landfall Thursday morning on Mexico's Pacific Coast as a powerful Category 3 storm, 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,

Hurricane Erick has rapidly intensified into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center. With sustained winds of 145 mph, the storm was located about 70 miles southwest of Puerto Angel,