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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…

Hurricane Hanna quickly pushed inland overnight, leaving flooding and damage in its path.  The Category 1 storm made landfall at 5 p.m. Saturday at Padre Island with sustained winds of 90 mph.  As of 1 a.m. Sunday, Hanna has weakened into a tropical storm moving west southwest at 9 mph into northern Mexico. At 12:49 p.m., the city of Corpus Christi announced in a news release there were no fatalities from the Category 1 hurricane. Buy Photo Flooding…

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…

Chris Corley waited patiently to get to his sailboat at Lawrence Street T-head on Sunday morning. Corley, along with seven other sailors, were blocked off by Corpus Christi police as officials waited to assess the pier damage in the city’s downtown marina. Saturday afternoon, both Lawrence and Peoples Street T-heads were inundated by the storm surge produced by Hurricane Hanna, which made landfall as a Category 1. Buy Photo A damaged dock along the People Street T head…

Buy Photo AEP crews work to restore power for thousands across South Texas following Hurricane Hanna on Sunday, July 26, 2020. (Photo: Mary Ann Cavazos Beckett/Caller-Times) Hurricane Hanna made landfall Saturday at 5 p.m., causing power outages and flooding in the region. As of Sunday morning, AEP Texas reports 194,400 power outages statewide. The outages were reported in the Corpus Christi, Laredo and Rio Grande Valley regions. More than 37,000 are out of power in Nueces and another 4,000 in San…

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 1 a.m. CDT on Sunday, an update from the National Hurricane Center reported that Hanna was downgraded…

Hurricane Hanna was downgraded to a tropical storm Sunday as it continues inland over Texas.        

July 26, 2020 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX – The City of Corpus Christi has been actively working during the entirety of Hurricane Hanna to protect live and property throughout our community. There are up to 300 city employees called into work today in various capacities including emergency operations, damage assessment, clearing debris, cleaning storm drains, and preparing the City to return to normal operations. The City did not have any fatalities during Hurricane Hanna and public…

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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 1 a.m. CDT on Sunday, an update from the National Hurricane Center reported that Hanna was downgraded…