 Mexico, May 30 (Prensa Latina) Hurricane Barbara left a toll of 5,000 victims in the southern states of Oaxaca and Chiapas, authorities from both states reported today.
They also confirmed the deaths of two people, who have already been identified, and 12 missing fishermen.
The fatalities are Douglas Ketchum, a tourist from United States who was surfing in Salina Cruz municipality when the hurricane hit the territory, and Emanuel Salinas, who was swept away by a surging river in the town of Pinotepa Nacional.
Barbara hit the Pacific ocean coast of Mexico yesterday as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, but as it moved inland, it became a tropical storm.
It caused torrential rains in the states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guerrero and southern Veracruz, as well as heavy rains in the Yucatan Peninsula.
This is the second hurricane of the season in the Pacific after Alvin, which was recorded on May 15th and 17th. Fourteen storms have been forecast by the Mexican Meteorological Service for this season, six of which could be tropical storms, 4 moderate hurricanes and 4 more intense hurricanes.
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