“Since record keeping began in 1949, this is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in May along the Pacific coast of Mexico,” the Hurricane Center tweeted. Since record keeping began in 1949, this is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in May along the Pacific coast of Mexico. As Agatha moves inland, the Hurricane Center warns the storm will unleash “life-threatening” winds and an “extremely dangerous” ocean surge. Agatha became just the third hurricane to strike Mexico from the eastern Pacific Ocean during May and was the strongest of the bunch. Agatha is expected to fall apart crossing the rugged terrain of southern Mexico, but its remnants may enter the southern Gulf of Mexico in the Bay of Campeche by midweek.

Source: Washington Post May 31, 2022 06:34 UTC