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Hurricane Agatha kills 11, leaves 20 missing in south Mexico

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By JOSÉ MARÍA ÁLVAREZ
Associated Press

SAN ISIDRO DEL PALMAR, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities say Hurricane Agatha caused flooding and mudslides that killed at least 11 people and left 20 missing. The governor of the southern state of Oaxaca said Tuesday that rivers overflowed their banks and swept away people in homes, while other victims were buried under mud and rocks. Agatha made history as the strongest hurricane ever to come ashore in May in the eastern Pacific. It made landfall Monday afternoon on a sparsely populated stretch of small beach towns and fishing villages. It was a strong Category 2 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph, but it quickly lost power while moving inland.

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