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“If you are in low-lying areas, near rivers, near waterways, it is best for you to go to shelters,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said.

By Alan Yuhas and Elda Cantú

Three states on Mexico’s southern coast braced for Hurricane Erick to crash onto land as a likely Category 3 storm early Thursday, with the authorities warning of powerful winds and a deluge of rain.

“We tell the population to stay tuned to official communications, to stay indoors, and not go out,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a news conference on Wednesday morning. “If you are in low-lying areas, near rivers, near waterways, it is best for you to go to shelters, to the shelters that have already been set up for this situation.”