(BBC) –Eleven people are dead and more than 20 missing after Hurricane Agatha struck Oaxaca state in Mexico, the state’s governor says.

Agatha made landfall on Monday as a category two hurricane, the strongest to hit Mexico’s Pacific coast in the month of May since records began in 1949.

Heavy rain brought by Agatha triggered landslides and flash flooding.

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Most of the victims were swept away by rivers or buried in mudslides.

Agatha arrived on Mexico’s coast near Puerto Ángel with wind gusts of up to 169km/h (105mph) but lost strength as it moved inland.