Hurricane Eric hits Mexico as Category 3
A small town in Oaxaca, Mexico, was hit as Category 3 by Hurricane Eric, the first hurricane of the season.
More than three weeks after the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, the National Hurricane Center is seeing a system with a slight chance of developing into the first storm of the season.
Showers and thunderstorms associated with the low-pressure system, about 450 miles east of Bermuda, indicate the possibility of short-lived tropical depression, the Hurricane Centre said June 22 at 8pm.
Satellite images show that there are indications of the organization, according to a centre’s prediction by hurricane expert Philip Pappin.
This prediction brings the system to a 40% chance of depression in the next 48 hours. However, by June 24th, the system is expected to encounter a condition that is unlikely to end the likelihood of becoming more than depression.
The system’s predictions continue to move northeast at 5-10 mph over the open Central Atlantic Ocean, pose no threat to the land.
The long-distance season outlook for the Atlantic hurricane season, which began on June 1, has more than dozens of storm names, calling for a busier season than usual.
Elsewhere, long distance outlook from the Climate Prediction Center does not indicate the development of other storms in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin, including the Caribbean, by July 8th.
The Eastern Pacific, which has already seen five names since the start of the May 15th season, is still active. The Hurricane Center has given the system to a hundred miles of Central America’s systems with a 70% chance of becoming tropical depression later in the week of June 22, according to Papin’s latest news.
Even before that further development, the system is expected to cause heavy rains in parts of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, bringing heavy rainfall in El Salvador and Guatemala over the next few days.
A recent storm, Hurricane Eric struck Mexico’s southern coast with 125 mph sustained winds, Category 3 on the Safir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, and huge waves. Reuters reported that the storm left a trail of damage, including boats and floods where it sank.
Regardless of the number of storms threatened in the Atlantic this summer, the Hurricane Center advises that you only need one person to ruin someone’s year. Center director Michael Brennan encourages people living in hurricane-prone areas to prepare in advance.
USA Today’s national correspondent, Dinah Voyles Pulver, writes about climate change, violent weather and other news. Contact her at dpulver @usatoday.com or @dinahvp.
