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First named storm of 2010 Pacific hurricane season hits central America

A palm tree yielding in a tropical storm

Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 East Pacific hurricane season was declared on Saturday, located just off the Guatemala coast before making landfall as a tropical storm along the border of Mexico and Guatemala at 22:40 UTC on Saturday.

According to modeling company RMS, Agatha was associated with torrential rainfall which triggered flash flooding and landslides to Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and southern Mexico as it tracked

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