Tropical Storm Erick is strengthening in the Eastern Pacific Ocean some 265 miles southeast of Puerto Angel, Mexico, and is expected to rapidly intensify into a hurricane Tuesday night or early

The winds of change are gathering strength off Mexico's southern shores, as Tropical Storm Erick hints at a powerful metamorphosis.

A multi-day swarm of severe thunderstorms and flooding rain is hammering parts of the central and eastern U.S. as an intensifying tropical storm is targeting Mexico as a hurricane. Meanwhile, forecasts of the strongest,

This image, taken on Monday, June 16, 2025, shows Central America (middle) and a growing zone of showers and thunderstorms over the eastern Pacific (left). There is also a pocket of showers and thunderstorms over the southwest Gulf (top left of center).

Any hurricane or tropical storm threatening Houston or the Texas coastline draws power from the heat energy stored in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Just two weeks into the Atlantic hurricane season,