The building’s central feature is a double-height palapa, a traditional thatch-roofed structure made of dried palm leaves. A ...

Hurricane Erick struck Mexico’s Pacific coast as a fierce Category 3 storm, tearing through Oaxaca with powerful winds and ...

This architectural approach—raw concrete, exposed wood, unglazed clay—feels like a natural evolution of Oaxaca’s ...

A person removes sand from a boat that was taken offshore in preparation for Hurricane Erick after the storm hit near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico … A person removes sand from a boat ...

Authorities in southern Mexico were still assessing damage and watching rising rivers as rain from the remnants of Hurricane Erick doused the region.

A person removes sand from a boat that was taken offshore in preparation for Hurricane Erick after the storm hit near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025.

A walks through debris after Hurricane Erick hit near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz) ...

A walks through debris after Hurricane Erick hit near Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca state, Mexico, Thursday, June 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Alberto Cruz) ...

In Puerto Escondido, fishermen searched for and inspected storm-tossed boats. The threat of heavy rain remained in the mountains that rise abruptly behind Acapulco’s famed beaches.