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Weather Alert: Tropical Storm Agatha
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May 29, 2022

Update: Shelter information – Hurricane Season 2022


Location:  
Mexican States of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero, Veracruz, and Tabasco

 

The National Hurricane center forecasts that Tropical Storm Agatha will become a hurricane by Monday, May 30.  The government of Mexico has issued:

— Hurricane Warning from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca to Lagunas de Chacahua, Oaxaca.

— Tropical Storm Warning and Hurricane Watch from Salina Cruz, Oaxaca to Barra De Tonala, Chiapas.

— Tropical Storm Warning from Barra De Tonala, Chiapas to Boca de Pijijiapan, Chiapas and from Lagunas De Chacahua, Oaxaca to Punta Maldonado, Guerrero.

Storm surge is expected to produce significant coastal flooding in areas of onshore winds near and to the east of where the center of Agatha makes landfall.  Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves.  Agatha will produce heavy rains over portions of southern Mexico by Sunday into Tuesday night, and life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides may occur.

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