"There’s a chance the storm’s remnants will regenerate in the Gulf of Mexico this week"

"Hurricane warnings are in effect in Mexico’s Oaxaca state, where a rapidly strengthening Hurricane Agatha is expected to make landfall Monday near the town of Mazunte.

The National Hurricane Center is warning that the storm could bring “dangerous” coastal flooding and “life-threatening hurricane-force winds” near where it makes landfall. It also cautions that “life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides” are possible as the storm crosses southern Mexico, with mountainous terrain likely to see up to 20 inches of rain.

Agatha is the first named storm in either the eastern Pacific or the Atlantic basins in 2022, heralding an impending uptick in tropical storm activity through the summer."

Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow report for the Washington Post May 29, 2022. [2]