National Hurricane Center

Hurricane Hanna takes aim at south Texas border

Hurricane Hanna

The south Texas border and northeast Mexico are preparing for a night of heavy wind and rains as Hurricane Hanna makes landfall.

The weather system, which was still classified as a tropical storm Saturday morning, gathered strength to become a Category 1 hurricane by the afternoon with sustained winds of 90 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

The National Hurricane Center said Hanna, the first of the 2020 hurricane season, will cross the south Texas border overnight and...

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Navy, Coast Guard Prep for Hurricane Dorian

Sept. 3, 2019, a GOES 15 infrared satellite image of the Atlantic Ocean shows Hurricane Dorian at 8:00 am EDT as a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 120 mph stationary over Grand Bahama Island, approximately 105 miles east of West Palm Beach, Florida. Navy photo

Responding to approach of Hurricane Dorian’s dangerous winds and storm surge, the Navy and Marine Corps prepared ships and aircraft to sortie from Hampton Roads and started evacuating from low-lying areas of Florida, Georgia...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/03/navy-coast-guard-prep-for-hurricane-dorian

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