Agatha Moves Across Southern Mexico as a Tropical Storm

Agatha, the year’s first named storm in the eastern Pacific region, was moving across southern Mexico early Tuesday as a tropical storm, hours after making landfall as a Category 2 hurricane.

Agatha came ashore on Monday afternoon just west of Puerto Angel, a fishing town in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, with heavy rains and winds of nearly 105 miles per hour — strong enough to uproot trees, cause major power losses and rip roofs off well-built homes.

As of 10 p.m. local time, the storm…