Hurricane Barbara hit Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Wednesday (May 29), flooding roads, toppling trees and killing two men as it pounded the area with heavy rain near the country's biggest oil refinery.

The U.S. National Hurricane Centre said the hurricane was 130km (80 miles) east of the port of Salina Cruz in Oaxaca state. Winds were blowing at a maximum 120 kph (75 miles per hour).

Local emergency services said a 61-year-old U.S. man surfing off the beach at Salina Cruz had drowned during the storm. A 26-year-old Mexican man was killed as he tried to cross a stream.