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Cleanup from Hanna spurs fear amid COVID-19 surge in Texas
By John L. Mone and Juan A. Lozano Associated Press at Fredericksburg News, July 27, 2020 WESLACO, Texas (AP) — As recovery and cleanup efforts got underway Monday in South Texas in the wake of a downgraded Hanna, worried residents confronted the prospect of undertaking the effort amid a surge in coronavirus cases that has
Hanna brings flooding, power outages to southern Texas Gulf Coast
Photo by Courtney Sacco By Alana Rocha, Mitchell Ferman, and Juan Pablo Garnham at Texas Tribune, July 24, 2020 Texans in the Rio Grande Valley and along the Coastal Bend continued to face the impact of now-Tropical Storm Hanna on Sunday. The storm, which made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane Saturday evening at Padre Island, packed sustained
Two people dead, others left stranded and trapped in the wake of Tropical Storm Imelda
Both deaths were related to flooding from the storm. More than a thousand others needed to be rescued and evacuated. By Stacy Fernandez, The Texas Tribune. Two deaths are linked to Tropical Storm Imelda, which flooded the Houston area Thursday and left hundreds stranded and in need of rescue, officials say. Thursday’s downpour reached up
Preparing for hurricanes: 3 essential reads
Shoppers prepare ahead of Hurricane Dorian in Pembroke, Florida. AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Martin LaMonica, The Conversation The National Hurricane Center forecast on Aug. 29 that Hurricane Dorian could make landfall this weekend and bring large amounts of rain, strong winds and potential flooding from storm surge. Florida has declared a state of emergency and residents
