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In Pictures: Hurricane Hanna lashes Texas

Hanna made landfall on Saturday in a part of the US struggling with a surge in coronavirus cases.

Allen Heath surveys the damage to a private marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Heath''s boat and about 30 others were lost or damaged. (AP Phot
Allen Heath surveys the damage to a private marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna in Corpus Christi, Texas. Heath's boat and about 30 others were lost or damaged. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
Published On 26 Jul 202026 Jul 2020
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Hurricane Hanna roared ashore onto the Texas Gulf Coast on Saturday, bringing winds that lashed the shoreline with rain and storm surges, even threatening to bring possible tornadoes to a part of the country trying to cope with a spike in coronavirus cases.

The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall twice as a Category 1 storm on Saturday afternoon within the span of little over an hour.

Many parts of Texas, including areas near where Hanna came ashore, have been dealing with a surge in coronavirus cases in recent weeks, but local officials said they were prepared for whatever the storm might bring.

Chris Birchfield, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Brownsville, said residents needed to remain alert. While Hanna’s winds were expected to weaken throughout Saturday night, the storm’s real threat remained heavy rainfall, he said. “We’re not even close to over at this point. We’re still expecting catastrophic flooding,” Birchfield said.

In a tweet, President Donald Trump said his administration was monitoring Hanna, along with Hurricane Douglas, which was heading towards Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean.

Hanna came nearly three years after Hurricane Harvey made landfall northeast of Corpus Christi. Hanna was not expected to be as destructive as Harvey, which killed 68 people and caused an estimated $125bn in damage in Texas.

In the Mexican city of Matamoros, which is in Tamaulipas and across the border from Brownsville, Texas, volunteers were keeping a close eye on Hanna, worried the storm could affect a makeshift migrant camp near the Rio Grande where about 1,300 asylum seekers, including newborn babies and elderly residents, have been waiting under the US immigration policy informally known as “Remain in Mexico”.

Traffic is halted as tow trucks surround an overturned HEB supermarket truck along US Route 77 in the aftermath of high wind gusts from Hurricane Hanna in Sarita, Texas, U.S., July 26, 2020. No fatali
Traffic is halted as tow trucks surround an overturned HEB supermarket truck along US Route 77 in the aftermath of high wind gusts from Hurricane Hanna in Sarita, Texas. [Adrees Latif/Reuters]
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A man takes photos of a road beginning to flood as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that Hanna''s
A man takes photos of a road beginning to flood as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall in Corpus Christi. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
John Nolan uses his kayak to survey the damage to a private marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Corpus Christi,Texas. Nolan''s boat and about 30 others were lost or da
John Nolan uses his kayak to survey the damage to a private marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna. Nolan's boat and about 30 others were lost or damaged in the storm. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
Debris floats around a marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna, Sunday, July 26, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. About 30 boats were lost or damaged in the storm at the marina. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Debris floats around a marina after it was hit by Hurricane Hanna. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
Boat owners examine the damage after the docks at the marina where their boats had been secured were destroyed as Hurricane Hanna made landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP
Boat owners examine the damage after the docks at the marina where their boats had been secured were destroyed as Hurricane Hanna made landfall. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
Jame Rowles examines the damage after the docks at the marina where his boat was secured were destroyed as Hurricane Hanna made landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo/E
Jame Rowles examines the damage after the docks at the marina where his boat was secured were destroyed. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]
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A man jumps from a wave as Hurricane Hanna begins to make landfall, Saturday, July 25, 2020, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center said Saturday morning that Hanna''s maximum sustai
The National Hurricane Center on Saturday morning said Hanna's maximum sustained winds had increased. [Eric Gay/AP Photo]


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