Around 12:00 UTC that same day, the weakening Hanna moved into Northeastern Mexico and dropped to tropical depression status at 18:00 UTC when it was located near Monterrey, Mexico, at which time the responsibility of advisories was passed to the Weather Prediction Center. [95][92][93] On August 3, a waterspout came ashore and struck Bald Head Island and Southport, North Carolina, causing major EF2 damage. [136][93] Two people died after being hit by falling trees in Naugatuck, Connecticut, and North Conway, New Hampshire. [59][3] One of these tornadoes briefly touched down and damaged two homes and a hangar in Brownsville/South Padre Island International Airport, and moved a Boeing 737 aircraft. [25] Hanna threatened Texas concurrent with an increase in viral cases associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. [108][109] An additional low-end EF2 tornado traveled along a 35.5-mile (57.1 km) track across Kent and New Castle counties in Delaware. [73][103] A storm related death was reported in Lancaster County, Virginia without further details. 35mph and 1009mb. Some businesses in the North Shore Marketplace in Haleiwa, Hawaii, are boarded up and closed in anticipation of Hurricane Douglas, as seen on Sunday, July 26, 2020… Below is the list of names for the 2020 Hurricane Season: 2020. The sudden upgrade to hurricane status caused all of the Bahamas to go under hurricane warnings at 03:40 UTC. The ninth named storm and second hurricane of the extremely active and record-breaking 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23. [16] At 15:00 UTC on August 1, Isaias made landfall on Northern Andros Island, Bahamas with sustained winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), slightly weaker than its peak. Hurricane Isaias was a destructive Category 1 hurricane that caused extensive damage across the Caribbean and the East Coast of the United States while also spawning a large tornado outbreak that generated the strongest tropical cyclone-spawned tornado since Hurricane Rita in 2005. The meteorology department of the Bahamas advised citizens to "hunker down". [65] Reynosa was one of the most affected cities in Mexico, where 45 neighborhoods were damaged, two people were killed, and 200 people were displaced due to Hanna's impact. As Isaias approached the Carolina coastline, it reintensified back into a hurricane. [23], The Padre Island National Seashore and beaches along the Nueces Bay and the Gulf of Mexico around Corpus Christi were closed in anticipation of storm-enhanced tides. [22] Additionally, a tornado watch was issued for a portion of Southeast Texas. Corpus Christi experienced storm surge flooding and tropical storm-force winds, while areas south of the city experienced hurricane-force sustained winds, and in Mexico, severe flooding caused by Hanna killed four people. [64] Electrical power was cut in large sections of Monterrey and neighboring areas, while the road linking Monterrey to Reynosa, Tamaulipas, was closed due to flooding. [9][3], The National Weather Service first issued a tropical storm watch for the coast of Texas between Port Mansfield and High Island at 03:00 UTC on July 23 when Tropical Depression Eight—the precursor to Hurricane Hanna—was first designated. [52] Roads in Mission became impassible due to flooding. [47] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for 14 counties after the event occurred. Damage to the beaches was minimal. [114] Throughout the state of Delaware, damage is estimated to be in excess of $20 million. [86] Mayagüez, one of the hardest-hit municipalities, saw damage exceeding $13 million. [144][145] A state of emergency was declared in Connecticut due to 700,000 residents losing power. [71][72], Due to the extensive damage to property in the southern part of the state, Governor Greg Abbott issued a declaration of disaster for 32 counties affected by the storm. [63], On July 26, streets in Monterrey were flooded by Hanna after it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. The season also had the highest accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) since 2017.In addition, it was the fifth consecutive above average season from 2016 onward. [20] Following landfall, Isaias continued to accelerate and only weakened slowly, dropping below hurricane status at 07:00 UTC over North Carolina. Hurricane Hanna, the 2020 Atlantic season's first Hurricane, made landfall along the unpopulated Padre Island National Seashore on the mid-Kenedy County coastline at around 5 PM Central Time Saturday, July 25 th, carrying sustained 90 mph winds with gusts over 100 mph in a small portion of the inner eye wall. However, after entering the southeastern Gulf of Mexico during the afternoon of July 21, the upper-level winds relaxed over the wave, which then started to gradually become better organized and more defined, with a broad area of low pressure forming on July 22. Hanna developed from a tropical wave originating near Hispaniola. [95] The latter two tornadoes damaged or destroyed 110 structures in Suffolk with losses estimated at $2.2 million. [6][7][8], The National Hurricane Center (NHC) first began tracking a vigorous tropical wave off the west coast of Africa on July 23. Soon afterward, Isaias reached its peak intensity, with maximum 1-minute sustained winds of 90 mph (150 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 986 millibars (29.1 inHg), before making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, at 03:10 UTC on August 4, at the same intensity. [63], The precursor disturbance to Hanna dropped heavy rain to parts of Hispaniola, the Florida Keys and Cuba. [102] One person was killed after a tree fell on his moving vehicle in St. Mary's County, Maryland. [133] The storm left roughly 750,000 Connecticut residents without power, including 625,000 customers of Eversource Energy[134] and 123,000 customers of the United Illuminating Company. [2] Many people were without power for days after the storm in New York and Connecticut, leading to investigations into power and electricity companies. [106] The storm caused heavy wind damage to homes, trees, and fences in a neighborhood in Bear, Delaware. A building in Brooklyn partially collapsed as a result of storm damage, resulting in evacuations. [5] During the morning hours of July 23, hurricane reconnaissance aircraft flew into the system, and was able to find that a closed circulation had developed and it was determined had developed into Tropical Depression Eight at 00:00 UTC that day while located about 210 nmi south-southeast of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. Lamont activates CT National Guard to assist in power restoration", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hurricane_Isaias&oldid=1019894561, All Wikipedia articles written in American English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 April 2021, at 01:14. [39], In anticipation of the storm, the state of Florida closed COVID-19 testing sites on July 30 due to potential impacts from Isaias. Due to its precursor disturbance already having gale-force winds, it was immediately declared a tropical storm and given the name Isaias. [130][131][132] Service along the Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road was also suspended. [75] However, as of January 2021 the county has not been able to get FEMA funding for the pier. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has tasked NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft to investigate Tropical Depression Eight in the Gulf of Mexico the evening of Thursday, July 23, 2020. [2], A tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa late on July 11. 2:37 PM EDT, Thu July 30, 2020. [127], Multiple tornado warnings were issued throughout New England with a waterspout briefly moving ashore as an EF1 tornado in Westport, Connecticut, ripping a roof off a house and snapping large pine trees. However, this season is yet another example of why simply counting numbers of … [115] Water rescues were made in Belmont Hills and Chadds Ford. [42] A FEMA Dome was opened as a shelter in Kingsville at H.M. King High School and the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio was repurposed as a reception center for evacuees with assistance from the American Red Cross. The most significant storm in terms of impacts was probably Hurricane Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 season. [124] Two tornadoes were confirmed to have touched down; the first one was a large wedge EF1 tornado that caused considerable damage in Strathmere and Marmora in Upper Township. The depression strengthened into a tropical storm on July 24, setting a new record for the earliest eighth-named storm in the basin, getting its name 10 calendar days before the previous record holder, Tropical Storm Harvey of 2005. [74], It was initially reported that federal funds would be provided to tear down Bob Hall Pier due to the extensive damage it received during Hanna. By 8 A.M. EDT on August 5, 26,138 Hydro-Quebec customers had lost power. [117] The storm caused flooding along the Schuylkill River in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, with residents of an apartment complex evacuated. [34][41][31][13][14][15] The Texas National Guard and state agencies sent 17 teams to test evacuees for COVID-19. [104] Winds from the storm caused roof damage and downed trees and wires in Ocean City, Maryland. The storm resulted in 50,000+ people losing power. It was an early-season hurricane. [55] The cities of Mission, McAllen, and Weslaco were also placed under flash flood emergencies due to Hanna's rainbands. 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Yet another EF2 tornado touched down in George Island Landing, Maryland, around 7:20 am, destroying several chickenhouses. [12] These included search-and-rescue teams from Texas A&M Task Force 1 and the Texas Department of Public Safety. Two hurricanes formed in July … On July 31, NOAA’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) issued a Hurricane Warning for the northwestern Bahamas including Andros Island, New Providence, Eleuthera, Abacos Islands, Berry Islands, Grand Bahamas Island, and Bimini. [121][125] In Wildwood, numerous businesses and motels lost their roofs due to wind gusts over 70 miles per hour (110 km/h). Isaias was the second tropical cyclone to affect the Northeastern States in a 3-week time span after Tropical Storm Fay in early July. Wind gusts reached up to 110 mph (175 km/h) and storm surge reached as high as 6.24 ft (2 m) at landfall. [92][93][94] Total damage across the United States amounted to $4.5 billion. September 2020 … 1-EF3, 6-EF2s, 17-EF1s, 11-EF0s. [3][4] [66] One of the deaths was caused by drowning in Hanna's floodwaters after the victim suffered a seizure. Hurricane Hanna officially made landfall Saturday just south of Corpus Crisiti, Texas, on Padre Island at 6 p.m. Isaias marked the earliest ninth named storm on record, surpassing 2005's Hurricane Irene by eight days. [77] Asylum seekers at a camp in Matamoros were angered due to the lack of warning with Hanna. [119] A 44-year-old woman died when her vehicle was swept downstream in a flooded area of Upper Saucon Township and a child was found dead in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania after going missing during the height of the storm. A worker for the Global Response Management (GRM) and Resource Centre Matamoros (RCM) said that nothing was damaged but a few tents and that they wanted to provide basic human rights for residents at asylum seeker camps. 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