Hurricane Agatha made landfall Monday in the Mexican state of Oaxaca as a Category 2 storm, making it the strongest hurricane on record to come ashore in the eastern Pacific in the month of May.
Palm trees blowing in the wind before Hurricane Agatha made landfall in Huatulco, Mexico, on Monday.
Agatha's maximum sustained winds registered 105 miles per hour as it took aim at beach towns, including the surfing destination of Puerto Escondido, before weakening to a tropical depression after making landfall. Widespread coastal flooding and power outages were reported Tuesday, and the threat of flash flooding and mudslides remains for much of southern Mexico.
"Global model guidance continues to suggest that Agatha's remnants will become absorbed by a larger low-level cyclonic gyre over southeastern Mexico during the next couple of days, with that new system having development potential over the northwestern Caribbean Sea and southeastern Gulf of Mexico by late this week," the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning.
Agatha became the first named storm of the Pacific hurricane season on Sunday, undergoing rapid intensification into a Category 2 hurricane in the course of 24 hours. The storm hit Oaxaca state Monday afternoon with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph , then was quickly downgraded as it moved inland over Mexico's mountainous interior.
While linking any single storm with climate change is tricky, scientists have warned that the rapid intensification of tropical cyclones will become more common thanks to warming air and ocean temperatures.
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