Agatha, the first named storm of the eastern Pacific season, became a hurricane Sunday morning and was 'rapidly intensifying,' the National Hurricane Center said.
Agatha, the first named storm of the eastern Pacific season, became a hurricane Sunday morning and was"rapidly intensifying," the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm is expected to make landfall along the southern coast of Mexico on Monday and then"quickly weaken and dissipate as it crosses Mexico," the center said. It's"way too early to tell what, if anything," Hurricane Agatha means for the U.S., meteorologist Craig SetzerAccuWeather meteorologists noted they will be
from Agatha as it crosses Mexico and enters the Bay of Campeche."Here, there is a chance it could redevelop into the Atlantic basin's first named storm," the outlet reported.in 2022: As many as 10 hurricanes could form, meteorologists said last week. The Atlantic season begins June 1 and runs through Nov. 30; it peaks in August and September.NWS National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Agatha is the earliest first hurricane in the eastern North Pacific since 2015, said Phil Klotzbach, a research scientist at Colorado State University,
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