The season’s first hurricane has made landfall with unusual force on Mexico’s Pacific coast. The center of Hurricane “Agatha” hit the coast of Oaxaca state Monday afternoon (local time) as a level two out of five hurricane near the resort town of Puerto Angel, the U.S. Hurricane Center NHC announced. The storm moved in a northeasterly direction with sustained winds of up to 165 km/h.
It was the strongest hurricane since records began in 1949, making landfall off Mexico’s Pacific coast in May. Dangerous flooding is expected. Heavy rainfall could trigger life-threatening flash floods and mudslides in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, it said. The National Civil Protection Authority CNPC had declared the highest alert level for southern and eastern Oaxaca. In a video message on Twitter, the governor of the southern Mexican state, Alejandro Murat, called on people to get to safety.
Hurricane season runs from May 15 to November 30 in the Pacific and from June 1 to November 30 in the Atlantic. The US environmental agency NOAA predicted the seventh above-average active season in a row for the Atlantic Ocean. The reasons include the effects of the weather phenomenon La Nina and high temperatures on the water surface. However, below-average activity is most likely in the Pacific. According to experts, tropical cyclones will become more intense as a result of climate change.
Source: Krone
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