Hanna, the first Atlantic hurricane of 2020, slammed into the coast of coronavirus-hit Texas on Saturday, bringing heavy rain, storm surge and potentially life-threatening flash flooding. The Category 1 storm packed winds of around 145 kilometers per hour as it came ashore at Padre Island at 5 p.m. (2200 GMT), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

"Hanna is expected to produce heavy rains across portions of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico. These rains will result in life-threatening flash flooding," and some river flooding, the meteorologists said.

The "life-threatening storm surge" could potentially reach 1.8 meters high in some areas, while the hurricane was forecast to drop up to 45 centimeters of rain through Monday on south Texas and the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and northern Tamaulipas.

Damage appeared to be limited in the immediate aftermath of Hanna's landfall, with some isolated flooding and power outages. Images shared by the National Weather Service office in Corpus Christi showed water lapping at the city's bayfront Art Museum of South Texas.

Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic season, roared ashore as the coronavirus pandemic complicates everything from figuring out how to safely shelter residents forced out of their homes by future hurricanes this season and how to find a safe bed space for anyone hurt in the storm in hospitals that are packed with COVID-19 patients.

"Any hurricane is an enormous challenge," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said during a Saturday briefing about the storm. "This challenge is complicated and made even more severe, seeing that it's sweeping through an area that is the most challenged area in the state for COVID-19.”

Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 32 counties in Texas that are in the storm's path.

Hanna was about 113 kilometers south of Corpus Christi when it made landfall, with the city of 325,000 home to one of Texas's virus hotspots. It was forecast to move inland over south Texas on Saturday night, and into northeastern Mexico on Sunday.

Two other storm systems were churning Saturday: Pacific Hurricane Douglas, bearing down on the Hawaiian islands, and Tropical Storm Gonzalo in the Atlantic, near the Windward Islands.

Douglas – at one point a powerful Category 4 hurricane – has weakened to a Category 1 storm with wind speeds of 90 miles per hour.

The NHC said Saturday the storm "will be near the main Hawaiian Islands late tonight and will move over parts of the state Sunday and Monday," bringing high winds, heavy surf, and rainfall of up to 25 centimeters.

A hurricane warning was in effect in Oahu.

Meanwhile, Venezuela's government warned of heavy rains and gusting winds as Gonzalo moved west across the Caribbean.

Big waves have already started to pound the coast in eastern Venezuela and power was knocked out in some areas Saturday, Venezuelan media reported.

(With input from AFP and Reuters)