(Bloomberg) — Hanna, 2020's first Atlantic hurricane, made landfall on Padre Island Saturday (July 25) evening, bringing "life-threatening" storm surges, flooding rains and tree-toppling winds to south Texas.
The storm came ashore, moving west-south-west at about 8 miles per hour, with 90-mile-per-hour (145 kph) winds, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
A Category 1 storm, the lowest on the five-step Saffir Simpson scale, much of Hanna's damage likely was caused by dangerous storm surge and flooding inland rains. Video of flooded and streets blocked with debris have been posted on Twitter. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties in Hanna's path.
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