Tropical Storm Erick is expected to rapidly intensify before it arrives in Mexico later this week, with some meteorologists anticipating the storm to reach major hurricane strength before landfall. Animated weather footage from windy.

Hurricane Erick made landfall early Thursday in Mexico’s Oaxaca state as a powerful Category 3 storm, bringing winds of up to 129 mph. The storm hit a Puerto Ángel, as captured, and sparsely populated stretch of coastline between Acapulco and Puerto Escondido,

Hurricane Erick powered up into a Category 3 major hurricane Wednesday evening as it bore down on the southern Mexico coast, threatening to