Authorities in worked overnight into Tuesday to clear highways blocked by mudslides and flooding along the southern coast as Hurricane Agatha barrelled down on the country, bringing record-breaking 150mph winds and torrential rains. Hurricane Agatha made landfall as a Category 2 hurricane on Monday afternoon, touching down with the strong winds on a sparsely populated beach towns and fishing villages in the Oaxaca state on the Pacific coast.The hurricane quickly lost power as it moved inland over the mountainous interior - and by Monday evening, it weakened to a tropical storm, with its sustained winds down to 70mph.
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