⁍ Tropical storm Hanna strengthens and is expected to make landfall on Saturday.
⁍ Hanna could bring a life-threatening storm surge and flash flooding.
⁍ The storm is not expected to impact offshore oil and gas production.
– Tropical Storm Hanna is expected to make landfall in Texas tomorrow as a hurricane, but oil and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico is not expected to be affected, Reuters reports. The storm has strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane with very dangerous winds of at least 74mph, and is expected to be the second Gulf storm of the season to make landfall, after the similarly named Cristobal hit Louisiana in early June. The storm is expected to drop up to 15 inches of rain on southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, according to the US Weather Service. Corpus Christi, Texas, is home to three refineries, and the county has urged residents to evacuate.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-hanna-oil/south-texas-calls-for-evacuations-as-storm-hanna-heads-for-weekend-landfall-idUSKCN24P2GE