Hurricane Agatha makes landfall in southern Mexico, national guard deployed

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PUERTO ESCONDIDO (Mexico), May 31 — Hurricane Agatha plowed ashore on Mexico’s southern Pacific coast yesterday afternoon, bringing torrential rains and the threat of flooding to several states as the storm barreled toward the northeast.A Category 2 storm and the first hurricane to form in the eastern Pacific this year, Agatha made landfall just west of the tourist beach town of Puerto Angel in the state of Oaxaca, the US National Hurricane Centre (NHC) said.The storm was blowing maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (169 kph) when it made landfall, according to the NHC.Yesterday, Mexico’s National Guard said it deployed units in the coastal states of Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas to bolster security and assist communities affected by the storm.Before the storm made landfall, local officials said they had set up 200 shelters in Oaxaca with capacity to shelter 26,000 people.In Oaxa…