Mexico: Hurricane Agatha leaves 10 dead and 20 missing

The Mexican authorities announced yesterday that the death toll from Hurricane Agatha, which hit southern Mexico and caused floods and landslides, rose to 10, with 20 missing.

"At the moment, there are about 20 people missing, most of them in the high mountains," Oaxaca state governor Alejandro Murat told Formula Radio, adding that "local authorities initially reported 10 deaths."

In a statement to reporters, the governor said, "When Agatha made landfall, the day ended without any loss of life, but the heavy rains that fell at dawn on Tuesday caused floods in rivers and caused landslides."

Agatha is the first hurricane of this season in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and it hit tourist resorts on beaches in southwestern Mexico, bringing strong winds, torrential rain and torrential rain.

Agatha is the most powerful hurricane to make landfall on the Pacific coast of Mexico since hurricane monitoring began in 1949, according to the American Hurricane Center.

The hurricane continued to advance on Tuesday towards the south of the eastern state of Veracruz, on the border of the Gulf of Mexico, causing heavy rains in this region and in the south of the country.

Mexico is exposed annually to tropical cyclones on its coasts bordering the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Hurricane season usually runs between May and November.

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