Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum issued a high-level warning Tuesday morning as Tropical Storm Erick gained strength in the Pacific, ordering the preventive activation of national disaster response plans and urging residents of Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero to prepare for the storm's potentially severe impact.
Erick is expected to follow the same path as Hurricane Otis in 2023, which heavily impacted the port of Acapulco and led to the death of 52 people.
