LIVE | Category 2 Hurricane Agatha would impact the coasts of Oaxaca in the next few hours

Hurricane Agatha, the first of the season in the Pacific Mexicoaccelerated this Sunday its advance towards the southwest coast of the country where it is expected to arrive on Monday as a major cyclone, of high risk for the inhabitants of said region.

At 10:00 p.m. local time (03:00 GMT on Monday), Agatha remained in category 2 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and was located 225 km southwest of Puerto Angel in Mexicowith maximum sustained winds of 175 km per hour, while advancing northeast at 9 km per hour, reported the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

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“Agatha is expected to bring extremely dangerous storm surge and life-threatening winds to southern Mexico on Monday,” the NHC warned.

The high temperature of the sea off the coast of the southern states of oaxaca Y Warrior -above 31 degrees- and the speed of movement of the meteor would boost it to category 3, with winds of 178 to 200 km per hour, estimated Alejandra Méndez, general coordinator of the SMN in a videoconference.

“It is forecast that the hurricane It probably makes landfall as a category 3 between Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, Oaxaca,” the expert explained.

The NHC expects the impact to occur between Monday afternoon and evening.to then experience a “rapid weakening” over the territory of southeastern Mexico on Tuesday.

Authorities from Oaxaca, Guerrero and Chiapas launched preventive actions from Saturday as protection of buildings near the coast and calls to the population living in vulnerable areas to take shelter in safe areas.

Also the ports in Oaxaca and Guerrero were closed and alerted those who sail in the area to “extreme precautions” due to strong winds and high waves.

In the area of ​​Puerto Escondido and Huatulco, popular destinations among Europeans and Americans who love surfing, 203 temporary shelters were set up, with capacity for 26,800 people, as well as some hotels to shelter 5,240 identified tourists, reported a spokesman for the Civil Protection system. .

The National Water Commission of Mexico It also ordered special surveillance of rivers and dams throughout the southern and southeastern regions of the country, in the event of possible increases in their flows and storage levels due to heavy rains.

“Rainfall could generate landslides, increase in the levels of rivers and streams, and overflows and floods in low-lying areas,” warned dependency.

Every year Mexico suffers the onslaught of tropical cyclones on both its Pacific and Atlantic coasts, usually between May and November.

Source: Elcomercio

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