Hurricane Hanna Makes Landfall, Rakes Texas Coast With High Wind
- First Atlantic hurricane for 2020 is fourth storm to hit U.S.
- Hurricane Douglas could also strike Hawaii late Sunday
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Hanna, 2020’s first Atlantic hurricane, made landfall on Padre Island Saturday evening, bringing “life-threatening” storm surges, flooding rains and tree-toppling winds to south Texas.
The storm came ashore with 90-mile-per-hour (145 kmph) winds, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 6 p.m. EDT. Hanna is moving west-south-west at about 8 miles per hour.