Mexico City– At least 11 people have died after Hurricane Agatha cut a swathe across Mexico, according to the dpa.

The unusually strong storm marked the first hurricane of the season, and made landfall on Monday near several beach resorts on Mexico’s Pacific coast, causing flooding and landslides. It began to weaken as it moved inland and was downgraded to a tropical storm and dissipated by the end of Tuesday, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC).

At least 11 people died and a further 21 people were still missing, Alejandro Murat, the governor of the southern Mexican state, told Radio F?rmula on Tuesday evening.

Murat said some communities on the coast and in the mountainous region of Sierra Sur were still without electricity and phone reception.

Source: Saudi Press Agency