Hurricane Barbara Landfall: Could Produce Potentially Fatal Flash Floods (Video)

As Hurricane Barbara drenched a stretch of Mexico's southern Pacific coast with rain on Wednesday, at least two people were confirmed dead by the storm, including a man identified as a U.S. surfer by local officials, according to The Associated Press.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said that the original hurricane weakened to a tropical storm by the evening.

Manuel Maza Sanchez, the director of civil defense for Oaxaca state, said that a 61-year-old man from Colorado died while suffering at Playa Azul, a beach near the resort town of Puerto Escondido.

According to The Associated Press, Maza Sanchez also said a 26-year-old Mexican man drowned in the nearby city of Pinotepa Nacional while trying to cross a rain-swollen creek.

Maza also notes that 14 fisherman who went to sea on Wednesday morning have been reported missing.

The National Hurricane Center notes that Barbara came in at 75 mph, but gradually lost its power as the storm progressed inland. They also said it may be possible that less hurricanes will be seen in the eastern Pacific during 2013.

Unfortunately, the center notes via CNN that "These rains could cause life-threatening flash floods and mud slides."

According to USA Today, hurricanes and other cyclones that tend to come around summertime include seven main characteristics to watch out for. They include having no fronts, winds that weaken with height, the center of the storm is warmer than surrounding areas, they're formed from under weak high-altitude winds, the air in the center of the storm sinks, the main energy from the storm is the latent heat of condensation and the storm weakens rapidly over land.

Want to get a closer look at the destruction of the storm? Check out this video, courtesy of YouTube.