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Hurricane Harvey: Devastating Photos As Storm Pummels Texas Coast
Hurricane Harvey was expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm Saturday, but as the powerful storm churned inland, it is far from over.
Hurricane Harvey hammered the Texas Gulf coast Friday night, making landfall as a Category 4 storm with wind speeds exceeding 130 miles per hour. The storm, the most powerful in 12 years, had been downgraded to a Category 1 stom Saturday morning, but catastrophic flooding is expected into next week as the storm churns inland.
Houston could get as much as 30 inches of rainfall, and locally higher amounts of up to 40 inches, before the storm dies out, according to weather forecasters. (For more hurricane coverage and Texas news, click here to find your local Texas Patch. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)
Morning light revealed some of the damage from the storm. Some of the heaviest damage was in the small seaport city of Rockport, Texas, about 200 miles south of Houston, was especially hard hit.
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Rockport, Texas
Hurricane #Harvey continues to pound #PortLavaca #Texas with wind and storm surge. Like a washer machine on heavy duty cycle. pic.twitter.com/XIxFZsaKUO
— Rob Marciano (@RobMarciano) August 26, 2017
Video shows storm surge and high winds as Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport, Texas https://t.co/JIW0YBB6SP pic.twitter.com/ECO1c1rPQD
— CNN International (@cnni) August 26, 2017
Rockport, Texas fire chief on Hurricane #Harvey: Starting to see "a lot of fairly severe" damage. https://t.co/KVM0CgEO5F pic.twitter.com/ggM9vEMkEo
— ABC News (@ABC) August 26, 2017
First light in Rockport Texas. A lot of damage. #hurricaneharvey pic.twitter.com/hjbbx9CAcX
— Jeff Gammons (@StormVisuals) August 26, 2017
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Hurricane Harvey ramping up quickly here in Rockport, Tx. #Hurricaneharvey @ExtremeStorms getting shots. pic.twitter.com/rlgWdHPxb4
— ((((Hawks)))) (@rhollister57) August 26, 2017
Port Aransas
@EruditeEnviro rt @callergabe: Debris blocking access to Port Aransas #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/oZwhyqIEeZ Shared via TweetCaster
— trey k. (@TreyK10) August 26, 2017
McQueeney
@News4SA trees are down in #McQueeney #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/DHpJvdcI8K
— That Kid Kris (@MrKriswithaK) August 26, 2017
Boliver Peninsula
WATCH: Three homes destroyed by wind-whipped flames in Bolivar Peninsula, Texas as Hurricane #Harvey makes landfall. https://t.co/OIX19AUnT2 pic.twitter.com/j4o6TwGvLn
— CBS News (@CBSNews) August 26, 2017
Corpus Christi
WATCH: Corpus Christi firefighters respond to a major house fire during #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/lZTLqZg8Gt
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 26, 2017
The #CorpusChristi Marina doesn't look too bad (video aside) for the most part boats have some ripping of sails and such. #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/AL5SNZTH4b
— Rachel Denny Clow (@CallerClow) August 26, 2017
THIS IS NOT THE OCEAN! This is what it looks like now on some streets in Corpus Christi because of #HurricaneHarvey https://t.co/Q37TTBqinM pic.twitter.com/JA8scjDKfh
— ABC13 Houston (@abc13houston) August 26, 2017
Paul Johnson, "it's all right, it's life." ~ Hillcrest Corpus Christi #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/nfcfG4YKCG
— Rachel Denny Clow (@CallerClow) August 26, 2017
North Padre Island
Ferocious winds rip through North Padre Island as Hurricane #Harvey hits the coast of Texas https://t.co/GuH5jyDOQl pic.twitter.com/DIVQlRYQ2S
— ABC News (@ABC) August 26, 2017
.@captaleportillo's video shows North Padre Island at 6:30 p.m. yesterday. #HurricaneHarvey pic.twitter.com/SDGwPAy6XQ
— KENS 5 (@KENS5) August 26, 2017
Port Lavaca
Hurricane #Harvey continues to pound #PortLavaca #Texas with wind and storm surge. Like a washer machine on heavy duty cycle. pic.twitter.com/XIxFZsaKUO
— Rob Marciano (@RobMarciano) August 26, 2017
Feature photo: A traffic signal topped by the winds of Hurricane Harvey lies in an intersection of downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Harvey has been further downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it churns slowly inland from the Texas Gulf Coast, already depositing more than 9 inches of rain in South Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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