hurricane agathathe first of the season in the Mexican Pacific, It made landfall this Monday on the southwestern coast of the country as a category 2 cyclone.reported the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).
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“Agatha makes landfall just west of Puerto Ángel. Strong winds and intense rain spread inland,” the institution detailed in its 4 pm report.
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Puerto Ángel, a beach community of about 2,500 inhabitants, receives numerous tourists.
The entry point was located 10 km west of this town in the state of Oaxaca, where the meteor presented maximum sustained winds of 165 km per hour and a displacement speed of 13 km per hour, heading northeast, according to NHC measurements. .
Agathe “It is the strongest hurricane that has made landfall in May on the Pacific coast of Mexico” since the NHC began the registry in 1949, he noted.
📌#TheObservatoryInforms that he @NHC_TAFB has classified Hurricane Agatha as category two, located 295 km southwest of Puerto Angel, Mexico, with sustained winds of up to 175 km/h, a minimum pressure of 964 mb and moving northeast at a speed of 2 km /h. pic.twitter.com/cXnh3ZGfiC
— Ministry of the Environment (@MedioAmbienteSV) May 29, 2022
The hurricane #Agatha it becomes a cat 2 with possible landfall tomorrow afternoon-night south of Oaxaca and could impact as a powerful cat 3 hurricane, generating torrential rains.
The weakened system may emerge into the Gulf of Mexico with an uncertain trajectory pic.twitter.com/4c5gOlUrcW
– Andrea Canchola (@Andre_canchola) May 29, 2022
Agatha is forecast to continue moving northeast with its center moving inland early Tuesday..
“Rapid weakening is expected as the hurricane moves into the territory. Agatha is expected to weaken later tonight and dissipate over southeastern Mexico late Tuesday,” the report added.
The towns of the southern coast of Mexico declared themselves on alert this Monday in anticipation of the hurricane. Agatha quickly gained strength due to the high sea temperatures and the initial forecasts did not rule out that it would reach category 3.
“It is a threat to the state (…), the yellow alert has been established (medium danger)”warned Civil Protection of Oaxaca on their social networks.
The beaches of the Oaxacan coast looked cloudy and with rough seas on Monday morning, while the residents stocked up on water and food and protected homes and businesses. Non-essential classes and activities were suspended in the affected area.
“The shelters are already open, people are already arriving (…), we are at a red point, this is coming and it is coming strong,” Roberto Castillo, of Huatulco Civil Protection, warned AFP.
The Oaxaca government has set up 203 temporary shelters with the capacity to house 26,800 people, and hotels were set up to receive tourists.
5,240 national and foreign visitors have been identified in the risk zone in Oaxaca, which is home to resorts such as Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, popular with European and American tourists who are fond of surfing.
flood risk
The Meteorological Service of Mexico reported on its side that the phenomenon causes strong gusts of wind and waves of up to 6 meters in the states of GuerreroOaxaca and Chiapas.
The authorities have closed the ports to navigation in those regions, while the airlines began to cancel their flights to the Huatulco international airport from Sunday.
Numerous and mighty rivers are located in the area affected by the hurricane, for which the Mexican Meteorological has warned of possible overflows and landslides. Every year Mexico suffers the onslaught of tropical cyclones on both its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November.
The 2021 Pacific hurricane season, which runs from May 15 to November 30, was moderately active with 40 events. Of these, 15 were hurricanes, according to the Mexican Meteorological.
AFP
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