At least 11 people died and 20 were reported missing in the wake of Hurricane Agatha, which caused flooding and landslides in Oaxaca state, the governor said.
Aleejando Murat said Tuesday that people were killed in flooding and mudslides as the hurricane made landfall Monday afternoon in a sparsely populated area off the coast of Oaxaca, in southwestern Mexico.
Murat added that power had already been restored in some places near the coast, but that some bridges had been destroyed and landslides had blocked several roads..
the agatha It is the strongest storm that has hit MexicoMay is hurricane season in the eastern Pacific, based on existing records, said Jeff Masters, a meteorologist with Yale Climate Connections and founder of Weather Underground.
Source: Observadora
