Erick is expected to become a Category 3 major hurricane by the time it makes landfall early Thursday morning.

Doubling in strength in less than a day and expected to further grow further, Hurricane Erick is chugging through the ideal environment to power up quickly as it approaches Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Erick has strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane and could reach major hurricane strength before landfall in the coming day along southern Mexico’s