Hurricane Erick caused widespread destruction in Oaxaca's coastal towns, including Puerto Escondido and Pinotepa Nacional, with downed power lines, flooding, and road closures.
Oaxaca’s southern coast is reeling after Hurricane Erick made landfall early Thursday morning, slamming into Santiago Pinotepa Nacional at 5:30 a.m. with maximum sustained winds of 205 kilometers per hour. Although the storm had weakened to a Category 3 before landfall, its impact on coastal communities was devastating.
The hardest-hit areas include Santiago Pinotepa Nacional and Puerto Escondido, where the combination of hurricane . . .
