Mexico assesses damage from Hurricane Erick as rising rivers leave at least 1 dead

Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region.

Torrential rains over steep coastal mountains and the landslides and flooding they could generate became ongoing concern for officials after Erick dissipated following a landfall early Thursday on a sparsely populated stretch of coast.

At least one death was confirmed late Thursday, a 1-year-old boy who drowned in a swollen river.

A man carries a table from a restaurant damaged along the shoreline as Erick weakened to a tropical storm Thursday, following its landfall as a major hurricane on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast, in San Agustinillo, Oaxaca state, Mexico, on June 19, 2025. REUTERS

Erick came ashore down southern Mexico’s Pacific coast

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