Ten people died and twenty are missing following the arrival on Monday on the coast of the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, of hurricane Agatha, downgraded Tuesday, May 31 into a tropical storm.
"Right now we have about 20 missing people...in the mountains," Oaxaca Governor Alejandro Murat told Radio Formula.
"Ten (people) lost their lives," he added.
A previous report reported three dead and eight missing.
"When Agatha made landfall, the day ended with no loss of life, but heavy rains that fell early Tuesday morning caused rivers to burst their banks and caused landslides," he said. a little earlier to the press.
First hurricane of the season
The phenomenon, the first hurricane of the season on the Pacific coast of Mexico, made landfall as a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale (which has 5) on Monday afternoon, west of Puerto Angel, a coastal town of about 2,500 inhabitants in the state of Oaxaca.
It was "the most violent hurricane" ever recorded on the Pacific coast of Mexico in May since 1949, assured Monday the National Hurricane Center of the United States (NHC).
Agatha moves to the south of the eastern state of Veracruz on Tuesday, which borders the Gulf of Mexico, causing torrential rains in this region and the south of the country.
Some 5,240 tourists have been identified in the risk zone, between the resorts of Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, according to local authorities.
With AFP
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