Ten people have died and about 20 are missing following the arrival on Monday in the coastal state of Oaxaca (southern Mexico) of Hurricane Agatha, which descended into a tropical storm on Tuesday, the local government announced. .
So far we have about 20 people missing […] in the mountainsOaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat told Radio Formula. Sampu [personnes] lost lifeHe added.
The previous count reported three dead and eight missing.
When Agatha landfall, the day ended with no casualties, but the heavy rain that fell on Tuesday morning caused rivers to burst on their banks and caused landslides.he has made some progress in the press.
The phenomenon, the first hurricane of the season on Mexico’s Pacific coast, landfall as a category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale (with 5) on Monday afternoon, west of Puerto Angel, a coastal town with approximately 2500 inhabitants. in the state of Oaxaca.
This is the strongest storm never recorded on the Pacific coast of Mexico in May since 1949, the National Hurricane Center of the United States (NHC) confirmed Monday.
Agatha will move south of the eastern state of Veracruz on Tuesday, which borders the Gulf of Mexico, bringing heavy rains to this region and the south of the country.
About 5,240 tourists have been identified in the risk zone, between the resorts of Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, according to local authorities.
Mexico is hit by tropical storms along its Pacific and Atlantic coasts each year, usually between May and November.
Source: Radio-Canada
