00:00Hurricane Eric slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast with terrifying force,
00:04but then something unexpected happened.
00:07It hit as a powerful Category 3 storm near Puerto Escondido,
00:10tearing through southern Oaxaca with 205 km-per-hour winds.
00:15Boats were wrecked, businesses destroyed, and streets completely flooded.
00:20But within hours, it began to weaken, downgrading to a Category 1.
00:24Still, the destruction was real.
00:26Entire neighborhoods lost power and mobile signals.
00:30Residents and emergency crews worked nonstop,
00:32clearing fallen trees and sand-buried boats.
00:35Shockingly, no deaths or injuries were reported.
00:38Locals, like shopkeeper Luis Gill, said the flooding was the worst they'd ever seen.
00:43The water had never hit with this magnitude, he said.
00:47Authorities had prepped hard this time.
00:49Over 2,000 shelters opened, schools shut down, and residents urged to evacuate.
00:55In Acapulco, still haunted by Hurricane Otis in 2023,
00:59fear was real.
01:00But so was resilience.
01:02And while Eric is now weaker,
01:04the threat of flooding and deadly mudslides remains.
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