CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — With the hurricane season officially kicking off Saturday, the Corpus Christi Public Works Department worked to ensure residents' safety during severe weather by testing our storm gates.
Public Works crews tested the readiness of the storm gates and their ability to install the barriers during weather events during a training exercise Wednesday on the city's northside along the Salt Flats Levee.
Work Coordinator Christopher Trevino said the gates' purpose is to prevent the tide from overflowing.
"Whenever a storm comes in, we do little test runs and what these gates do is whenever the tide starts rising, it's going to help prevent the tide from overflowing and going into downtown to help prevent it from flooding," Trevino said.
Hurricane season will run until November 30.
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