As the first hurricane of the season, the unusually strong storm made landfall on Monday near several beach resorts on Mexico’s Pacific coast. According to the authorities, it caused flooding and landslides.
Strongest storm ever recorded in May
The two dead were a woman and a man who were buried in a landslide in the town of Santa Catarina Xanaguía, according to the civil protection authority in the affected state of Oaxaca on Tuesday. With wind speeds of up to 165 kilometers per hour, “agatha” as a category two hurricane (of five), according to the US hurricane center NHC, the strongest storm since records began in 1949 to make landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast in May. Climate researchers warn that storms will become more violent and violent as a result of climate change become more frequent.
As a result, “agatha” inland and lost strength. On Tuesday, the storm was downgraded to a tropical depression and broke up. Nevertheless, it continued to rain heavily in southeastern Mexico. The number of victims could still rise, according to civil protection. In areas affected by are cut off from the outside world or are difficult to reach, people are still missing According to the state electricity provider CFE, the electricity temporarily went out at a good 70,000 connections.
The hurricane season runs from May 15 to November 30 in the Pacific and June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic.
Source: Nachrichten
