Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane in 2020, crashed into the coronavirus-hit Texas coast on Saturday, causing heavy rains, storm surges and life-threatening flash floods.
The Category 1 storm filled winds of around 90 miles (145 km) per hour when it landed on Father Island at 5 p.m. (2200 GMT), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
"Hanna is expected to produce heavy rains in parts of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. These rains will cause life-threatening flash floods" and some flooding in rivers, forecasters said.
"The life-threatening storm surge will continue along parts of the Texas coast," he said, and the storm surge could reach 6 feet (1.8 meters) in some areas.
Hanna could shed 18 inches (45 centimeters) of rain through Monday in southern Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and northern Tamaulipas.
Hanna roared ashore as Texas faces a huge spike in coronavirus infections, and officials instituted a state-wide mask mandate to try to stem the spread of the disease.
Hanna was about 70 miles south of Corpus Christi, Texas, when she made landfall. The city of 325,000, home to one of the largest virus outbreaks in Texas, had closed libraries and museums as residents prepared for the storm, local media reported.
The United States is the country hardest hit in the coronavirus pandemic, with some 4.2 million cases, and authorities will have to figure out how to safely protect residents forced out of their homes by future hurricanes this season.
Hanna is forecast to move inland over South Texas on Saturday night and to Northeast Mexico on Sunday.
Two other storm systems occurred on Saturday: Hurricane Douglas from the Pacific, which hit the Hawaiian Islands, and Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic, near the Windward Islands.
Douglas, at one time a powerful Category 4 hurricane, has weakened to a Category 1 storm with wind speeds of 90 miles per hour.
NHC said Saturday that the storm "will be close to the main Hawaiian islands late at night and will move over parts of the state on Sunday and Monday," with strong winds, strong waves and rains of up to 10 inches.
A hurricane warning was in effect on Oahu.
Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government warned of heavy rain and gusts of wind as Gonzalo moved west across the Caribbean.
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