FILE PHOTO: Vessels rest on the bank after running aground during Hurricane Harvey near Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. August 31, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall/Handout via REUTERS.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Hurricane Hanna pummeled the south Texas coast on Saturday night with howling winds and a surging sea that threatened a broad area already contending with an intense spike in coronavirus deaths.
Hanna is the first hurricane for the 2020 Atlantic storm season, which is expected to be unlike any other in recent memory. Authorities will have to contend with sheltering and evacuating people while also maintaining social distancing protocols and other pandemic restrictions.
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