Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific C

Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify into a hurricane this week, with some meteorologists anticipating it will reach major hurricane status before making landfall in Mexico on Thursday morning.

Tourism workers, fishermen, and yacht owners took their boats ashore on Wednesday (June 18) in Acapulco, southern Mexico, bracing for Hurricane Erick and fearing a repeat of Hurricane Otis's devastation from late 2023.