Month: July 2020

While Hurricane Hanna’s landfall was many miles from Corpus Christi, the storm’s winds and surge were still strong enough to cause what will likely be in the millions of dollars in damage. Depending on location, gusts reached as high as 70 mph, and the sea rose by several feet.  It was enough to cause power outages for tens of thousands of people and take down a portion of the iconic Bob Hall Pier, one of the…

CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The City of Corpus Christi Solid Waste Department asks residents with small branches or small amounts of yard waste from Hurricane Hanna to place them in their green, trash cart. It is important the lid on the trash cart closes properly. Large brush and other debris can be taken directly to the J.C. Elliott Transfer Station located at Highway 286 and Ayers Street. Hours of operation for the transfer station have…

While Hurricane Hanna’s landfall was many miles from Corpus Christi, the storm’s winds and surge were still strong enough to cause what will likely be in the millions of dollars in damage. Depending on location, gusts reached as high as 70 mph, and the sea rose by several feet.  It was enough to cause power outages for tens of thousands of people and take down a portion of the iconic Bob Hall Pier, one of the…

A spokesman from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said he was looking into the report, but expressed skepticism over its authenticity.        

Hurricane Hanna aftermath: A look at how Corpus Christi community is recovering from storm        

CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Hurricane Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, made landfall Saturday on Padre Island, Texas, with maximum winds of 90 mph.  The Category 1 storm continued to strengthen before reaching Padre Island at 5 p.m. Saturday. Hanna made a second landfall in Kenedy County at 6:15 p.m.  Around 4 p.m. CDT on Sunday, an update from the National Hurricane Center reported that Hanna was downgraded to…

CLOSE Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide A spokesman from U.S. Customs and Border Protection said he was looking into the report, but expressed skepticism over its authenticity. AUSTIN — A video gone viral said to show a section of the border fence being blown down by Hurricane Hanna has caught the attention of federal immigration authorities late Sunday who were scrambling to find out if it was true. Roderick Kise, a spokesman for…