ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to unleash destructive winds ...

A Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale has maximum sustained winds between 181 and 210 kph (112-130 mph) and is considered extremely dangerous and capable of causing devastating damage.

Hurricane Erick has made landfall along the western coast of Mexico as a Category 3 storm. Maximum sustained winds were 125 mph at landfall, dropping from 140 mph only hours earlier.

Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an incoming storm may inflict – and how best to prepare. The categories are defined by wind speed, with a storm of Category 3, 4, or 5 ...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Hurricane Erick has strengthened to a powerful Category 3 storm as it barrels down on Mexico's Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center said Wednesday ...