Forecasters had expected up to 40 centimeters (16 inches) of rain could fall across Oaxaca and Guerrero, with lesser totals in Chiapas, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco states. The rainfall threatened flooding and mudslides, especially in areas with steep terrain.

Hurricane Erick's toll in Mexico, an illegal oil refinery and Mexican detainees in the US were topics of at Sheinbaum's Friday presser.

Hurricane Erick caused widespread destruction in Oaxaca, Southern Mexico, uprooting trees and damaging homes on Thursday morning (June 19), but no human casualties were reported, according to the National Civil Protection Coordination.