A hurricane anticipated to hit southern Mexico with damaging winds shouldn't cause much concern in Texas, but anyone with travel plans should probably keep an eye on their flight information. Hurricane Erick was upgraded to a Category 2 storm Wednesday afternoon.

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