Hurricane Agatha 2022 Projected Path

Hurricane Agatha hit Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, May 30 and severe floods could persist in sections of Central America for the rest of the week.

The National Hurricane Center upgraded a swirl of showers and thunderstorms a couple of hundred miles off the southern coast of Mexico to Hurricane Agatha, the first of the east Pacific hurricane season, at 4 a.m. CDT Sunday, May 29

Agatha rapidly intensified Sunday, May 29 with maximum sustained winds increasing by 35 mph in less than 24 hours. It will most certainly develop more before making landfall in Chiapas or Oaxaca.

The hurricane is predicted to proceed slowly northeastward toward the Mexican Pacific coast before settling in southern Mexico.

For several days this week, Agatha’s circulation will drive Pacific moisture across Mexico and Central America, where some spots may receive more than 6 inches of rain. Some areas in Mexico’s Oaxaca state may receive up to 20 inches of rain. More than a foot of rain is expected in parts of Chiapas and Guerrero.