(Houston) Texas was preparing Saturday for the arrival of the first hurricane of the season 924 in the Atlantic Ocean, Hanna , which could cause major flooding, warned the weather services.
Published on 25 July 2020 to 07 h 26
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Carrying winds blowing up to 120 km / h, the category 1 hurricane (out of 5) should further strengthen before hitting the Texas coast in the afternoon or early evening, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
The sea level could rise by more than 1.5 m in places and up to 39 cm of rain could fall locally in south Texas, a state already affected by a significant increase in the number of infections with the new coronavirus.
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According to the latest NHC bulletin, which issued a flood warning, Hanna was at 7 a.m. local (8 a.m. Montreal time) in the Gulf from Mexico, at 120 km southeast of the coastal city of Corpus Christi, the hub of the Texas oil industry.
The meteorological services encouraged the populations on its path to “take all the necessary measures to protect themselves” and to follow any “evacuation orders and other instructions from local authorities”.
In the Pacific Ocean, hurricane Douglas , which reached category 4 on the Saffir-Simpson scale on Friday, is expected to gradually weaken as it approaches of the American archipelago of Hawaii.
The US Oceanic and Atmospheric Observation Agency (NOAA) announced in May that the 924 season would probably be ” above normal ”in the Atlantic, with a forecast of three to six Category 3 hurricanes or more.