Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in Mexico
Source: CBS News
Hurricane Agatha made landfall at 4 p.m. CT Monday just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
This is the earliest a Category 2 storm has made landfall along Mexico's Pacific Coast.
The National Hurricane Center warned of "extremely dangerous" coastal flooding from storm surge and "life-threatening" hurricane-force winds in the state Oaxaca. Heavy rains are expected to continue over southern Mexico through Tuesday.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the storm was expected to drop 10 to 16 inches of rain on parts of Oaxaca, with isolated maximums of 20 inches, posing a danger for flash floods and mudslides.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hurricane-agatha-seasons-first-mexico-tourist-beaches/
First time a Cat 2 hurricane has made landfall this early (May) in the Eastern Pacific.
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@NHC_Pacific
4pm CDT 30 May - #Hurricane #Agatha has made landfall just west of Puerto Angel, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.
Since record keeping began in 1949, this is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in May along the Pacific coast of Mexico.
5:06 PM · May 30, 2022
Will have to keep a close watch on it to see if it survives the trek across the peninsula and perhaps emerges into the Gulf of Mexico to re-form into some tropical system again.
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