The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was expected to make landfall late Saturday afternoon or early evening south of Corpus Christi, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Steady rain was falling Saturday afternoon in Corpus Christi and the winds were getting stronger.
Live webcam footage showed waves sweeping over popular Whitecap Beach near Corpus Christi hours before the hurricane was expected to make landfall.
First responders in Corpus Christi proactively placed barricades near intersections to have them ready to go if streets began to flood, McComb said.
More than 17,000 people in the Corpus Christi area were without power early Saturday afternoon, according to AEP Texas.