Flooding will Probably be the Biggest Story of Hurricane Hanna - Rick Reichmuth

"Flooding could be the 'biggest story' of Hurricane Hanna," the American meteorologist Rick Reichmuth said in his interview on Cavuto LIVE with host, David Asman. The center of the storm is possibly around 70 miles off the coast, according to Reichmuth. 

Hanna made a landfall on Padre Island, Texas, at 5 PM CDT with 90 mph sustained winds and threats of storm surge. From a tropical storm, Hanna morphed into a hurricane on Saturday morning, according to MSN. The National Hurricane Center said that Hanna is expected to weaken quickly as it moves inland. 

Hurricane Hanna moved at seven mph (11 kph) and sustained winds of 8 mph (129 kph). It is already this year's eighth named storm and the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season. Far more from the normal of hurricanes start up around the second week of August through October, as per AP News. 

"And, somewhere around South Padre Island. but, once you go to the other side of that barrier island, there's a lot of population that's going to have some pretty big impacts from this," Reichmuth said. He added that it would be a significant total rainfall.

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A family watches high swells from Hurricane Hanna from a jetty in Galveston, Texas A girl covers her face from strong winds as her family members watch high swells from Hurricane Hanna from a jetty in Galveston, Texas, U.S., July 25, 2020.

Reichmuth also explained that the totals might go in some spots toward 15 inches of rain. What Reichmuth is worried about is that it will certainly cause a lot of flooding, which could be the biggest story.

Forecasters said that isolated rainfall could reach up to 18-inches, according to The Associated Press. Reichmuth noted that Hurricane Hanna would move "pretty quickly" isolated along the River Valley of Rio Grande and expected to be done this afternoon.

Reichmuth's main concern is the flooding from the rainfall but deadly swells and a storm surge of up to five feet and the possibility of tornadoes within the same area. 

"But, a lot of rain will have from this storm. And again, David, we are on our eighth storm," Rick said. "We have a lot of hurricane season ahead," he concluded. "This is also, by the way, a COVID hotspot across parts of South Texas. So, folks have to deal with that in addition to the storm," Reichmuth added.

The officials assured that they are prepared for Hurricane Hanna as it marks the first test of storm season amidst the coronavirus pandemic. The local officials already have a battle against the growing threat of COVID-19 in the state, as per MSN.

Joe McComb, the Corpus Christi Mayor, said on Friday that people must not worry if they have sufficient source in thave been fight COVID

According to poweroutage.us, Hurricane Hanna knocked out power to tens of thousands of clients in counties along the coastline.

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