“At 15:30 [23:30 Moscow time] hurricane of the second category “Agata” made landfall in the area of the village of Redonda in the municipality of San Pedro Pochutla in the state of Oaxaca,” TASS quoted the service on Twitter.
The wind speed within the atmospheric phenomenon is 46 m/s with gusts up to 57 m/s.
203 shelters have been prepared for the population.
Earlier, the Mexican Civil Defense Department reported that the country's authorities declared the highest level of threat in several areas of the state of Oaxaca in the south of the country in connection with the approach of Hurricane Agata.