Both Texas and Hawaii are bracing for cyclones this weekend as storms began making their way towards the states Friday night.
Hurricane Hanna is presently gaining strength as it crosses the western Gulf of Mexico towards the coastal bend area near Corpus Christi, Texas, where the National Typhoon Center states the storm might land as a typhoon.
” The mix of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will trigger usually dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline,” the NHC said, noting Hanna currently has wind speeds of as much as 50 mph. The center provided a typhoon caution on Thursday night, which shows individuals ought to be prepared for a storm to strike in the next 24 hours.
” We’re thinking this is generally a heavy rain and flash flood event,” National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Reilly stated on Friday night, adding, “some raised tides will cause some coastal flooding, esp