<!DOCTYPE html>
<html itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/NewsArticle" prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#" lang="en-CA">
<head>
	<meta charset="UTF-8">



<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<meta name="robots" content="noarchive">

<link rel="icon" href="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-sun/images/sun-512x512.png?m=1513689646h" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-sun/images/sun-512x512.png?m=1513689646h" type="image/x-icon" />


<title>
Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas | Toronto Sun</title>

<link rel="profile" href="http://gmpg.org/xfn/11">
<link rel="pingback" href="http://torontosun.com/xmlrpc.php">

				<meta name="description" content="CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &amp;mdash; Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14." />
							<meta name="news_keywords" content="news, world" />
							<meta name="description" content="CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &amp;mdash; Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14." />
							<meta name="news_keywords" content="news, world" />
					<script src='https://r-login.wordpress.com/remote-login.php?action=js&amp;host=torontosun.com&amp;id=126506751&amp;t=1518564280&amp;back=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c' type="text/javascript"></script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		/* <![CDATA[ */
			if ( 'function' === typeof WPRemoteLogin ) {
				document.cookie = "wordpress_test_cookie=test; path=/";
				if ( document.cookie.match( /(;|^)\s*wordpress_test_cookie\=/ ) ) {
					WPRemoteLogin();
				}
			}
		/* ]]> */
		</script>
		<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s2.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s0.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//cdn.mediavoice.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//static.freeskreen.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//s1.wp.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//www.canada.com' />
<link rel='dns-prefetch' href='//postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com' />
	<script type="text/javascript">
		/* <![CDATA[ */
		function addLoadEvent(func) {
			var oldonload = window.onload;
			if (typeof window.onload != 'function') {
				window.onload = func;
			} else {
				window.onload = function () {
					oldonload();
					func();
				}
			}
		}
		/* ]]> */
	</script>
			<script type="text/javascript">
			window._wpemojiSettings = {"baseUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/72x72\/","ext":".png","svgUrl":"https:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/wpcom-smileys\/twemoji\/2\/svg\/","svgExt":".svg","source":{"concatemoji":"http:\/\/s1.wp.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-emoji-release.min.js?m=1516999477h&ver=4.9.4"}};
			!function(a,b,c){function d(a,b){var c=String.fromCharCode;l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,a),0,0);var d=k.toDataURL();l.clearRect(0,0,k.width,k.height),l.fillText(c.apply(this,b),0,0);var e=k.toDataURL();return d===e}function e(a){var b;if(!l||!l.fillText)return!1;switch(l.textBaseline="top",l.font="600 32px Arial",a){case"flag":return!(b=d([55356,56826,55356,56819],[55356,56826,8203,55356,56819]))&&(b=d([55356,57332,56128,56423,56128,56418,56128,56421,56128,56430,56128,56423,56128,56447],[55356,57332,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56418,8203,56128,56421,8203,56128,56430,8203,56128,56423,8203,56128,56447]),!b);case"emoji":return b=d([55357,56692,8205,9792,65039],[55357,56692,8203,9792,65039]),!b}return!1}function f(a){var c=b.createElement("script");c.src=a,c.defer=c.type="text/javascript",b.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(c)}var g,h,i,j,k=b.createElement("canvas"),l=k.getContext&&k.getContext("2d");for(j=Array("flag","emoji"),c.supports={everything:!0,everythingExceptFlag:!0},i=0;i<j.length;i++)c.supports[j[i]]=e(j[i]),c.supports.everything=c.supports.everything&&c.supports[j[i]],"flag"!==j[i]&&(c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&c.supports[j[i]]);c.supports.everythingExceptFlag=c.supports.everythingExceptFlag&&!c.supports.flag,c.DOMReady=!1,c.readyCallback=function(){c.DOMReady=!0},c.supports.everything||(h=function(){c.readyCallback()},b.addEventListener?(b.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",h,!1),a.addEventListener("load",h,!1)):(a.attachEvent("onload",h),b.attachEvent("onreadystatechange",function(){"complete"===b.readyState&&c.readyCallback()})),g=c.source||{},g.concatemoji?f(g.concatemoji):g.wpemoji&&g.twemoji&&(f(g.twemoji),f(g.wpemoji)))}(window,document,window._wpemojiSettings);
		</script>
		<style type="text/css">
img.wp-smiley,
img.emoji {
	display: inline !important;
	border: none !important;
	box-shadow: none !important;
	height: 1em !important;
	width: 1em !important;
	margin: 0 .07em !important;
	vertical-align: -0.1em !important;
	background: none !important;
	padding: 0 !important;
}
</style>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-1' href='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJyFj+EOgjAMhF/IuZAo4g/js8BooLBuCy1B394NgonGzD/LtbsvvdNLUMY7ASeaZhXs3KFjvQTjSTGhhefXdDTMB/0bszgC6wEk1GZU65SzGz9B3FOoJTkIWqzBAkVbDluw7UAizrtWAo8sQqHcDyXZx3jZZFvjpgkTMKv4Es6kpI/Z/jSilH6rvgb82GwoaucFI81vkT7udCtO17K6FNW5GF5Ml5k+?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='screen-css-1-1' href='http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/taxonomy-images/css/style.css?m=1506960102h&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='screen' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-2-1' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJytU8tOAzEM/CFSq6IFcUD8AlKLekTerJuaOslqne2KvydNSx9UoLLqLTO2ZxzHgb4xNoZEIUFakSeFDTfQRE2eakbTSOc4KKCI4WBiILPhmqJp0K7BqsIaJXUtjvL5Dq6V+8mYQL0KpURtET3C63QLabQLpdojh0F1ccMZ2UzilhyiURA06HIetomt0IWM7w6D6Ll2lBQ0WsY84pxyDv7dg6Bqjr9+x2BBFSz2Nm+JhdPnLI+Wg9PScbfj3net3NZvTuhnNrZURWzrYqcHeFurEuUlU7271gn+6wFc3mWJFhPHcAbMUpAv1++kNF9DostHVwyPcOhfyPaHVraK++UY+d/XeTUBJ7FC2Sa8+OfxdPz4NJmOH+4/vgBFvnZN?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var PostmediaVO = {"appServiceUrl":"http:\/\/app.canada.com\/video\/video.svc"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var Postmedia = {"adConfig":{"site":"SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB","msite":"ts.m","preroll":"on","networkId":3081,"keys":{"aid":["e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c","1297985863832"],"author":"","ck":"news","et":"sm","loc":"rail","nk":"print","page":"story","pr":"tsun","sck":"world"},"async":true,"enablecasale":false,"zone":"news\/world\/story"},"Urls":{"home_url":"http:\/\/torontosun.com","stylesheet_directory_uri":"http:\/\/s0.wp.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/postmedia-theme-sun","ajaxurl":"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"},"Properties":{"domain":"","userAgents":["mozilla","msie","webkit","ipad"],"mobileAgents":["iphone","ipod","android"],"isMobile":false,"isIpad":false,"isModal":false},"Facebook":{"pageId":"189526659635","appId":"1910312429243234","mobileId":"ts.m"}};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJylkv1uwjAMxF9oWYcmxPbHtGcxielckjiLk1bs6efyoQmGoIBUqe31d+c0uWZIhqL11aE0nV7fFfNmf3vu5Km5BJhAbYaCz4HiAbYcC8YysoGX5NFUwQytahq04jNcYikBRRQ68/V4SRR7wuEq1mFJYNcmo9DPv9TyhTqv6SntZzsCk3xtKUrjVsmA2/5siqarMq7bFAqPxFjmNT0SMCAone8JUndPDtlwjznr0z5yJyYPG8w3BYL345ZwxEOGbvUYugZfaoYLvanUWM5HhTlPDeRaLNe5wFqv65hwLrD0E0inXW2nopzSKTrtSE4UoycjVcyob4fs3idlbkUjNY4+66yphfydVgcFbnf+tUu7pPbP8DGbv7y9zmeLxXv3CwuTpTA='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://cdn.mediavoice.com/nativeads/script/postmedia/polarad-sun-tabl-prod.js?1392309713&#038;ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJyNzLEOgkAMgOEXEgok3kYII5uTe3M22Mtde6FV4tuLiYOj65/8H+y1iSpO4uB3KmTw5ApVzQvdGJuaHyuL/ZSVNGtEZxVIBjvhMW5tYWmTneBfEAXzyznat3ysKxu7bvNlOaipjP25H7oQQjekN4wAPsg='></script>
<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="https://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com/xmlrpc.php?rsd" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/wlwmanifest.xml" /> 
<meta name="generator" content="WordPress.com" />
<link rel="canonical" href="http://torontosun.com/2017/08/26/heinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c" />
<link rel='shortlink' href='http://torontosun.com/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c' />
<link rel="alternate" type="application/json+oembed" href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/?format=json&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c&amp;for=wpcom-auto-discovery" /><link rel="alternate" type="application/xml+oembed" href="https://public-api.wordpress.com/oembed/?format=xml&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c&amp;for=wpcom-auto-discovery" />
<!-- Jetpack Open Graph Tags -->
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:title" content="Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas" />
<meta property="og:url" content="http://torontosun.com/2017/08/26/heinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c" />
<meta property="og:description" content="CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &mdash; Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along …" />
<meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-08-26T13:32:25+00:00" />
<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-08-27T14:07:03+00:00" />
<meta property="og:site_name" content="Toronto Sun" />
<meta property="og:image" content="http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297985916763_ORIGINAL.jpg?size=520x" />
<meta property="og:locale" content="en_US" />
<meta name="twitter:site" content="@TheTorontoSun" />
<meta name="twitter:text:title" content="Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas" />
<meta name="twitter:card" content="summary" />
<meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/torontosun" />
<meta name="twitter:title" content="Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas" />
<meta name="twitter:description" content="CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &mdash; Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14." />
<meta name="twitter:image" content="http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297985916763_ORIGINAL.jpg?size=520x" />
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://torontosun.com/osd.xml" title="Toronto Sun" />
<link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="https://s1.wp.com/opensearch.xml" title="WordPress.com" />
<meta name="stats-full-init" value="0.007" />
<meta name="stats-postmedia_theme_pre_initialize" value="0.000" />
<meta name="stats-initialize" value="0.007" />
<meta name="stats-postmedia_theme_post_initialize" value="0.000" />
<meta name="stats-vip_load_plugins" value="0.001" />
<meta name="stats-load_plugins" value="0.005" />
<meta name="stats-register_widgets" value="0.000" />
			<meta property="fb:pages" content="189526659635" />
			                <script type="text/javascript">var AamGpt={strictEncode:function(a){return encodeURIComponent(a).replace(/[!'()]/g,escape).replace(/\*/g,'%2A')},getCookie:function(b){var d,a,f,e=document.cookie.split(';');for(d=0;d<e.length;d++){a=e[d].substr(0,e[d].indexOf('='));f=e[d].substr(e[d].indexOf('=')+1);a=a.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');if(a==b){return unescape(f)}}},getKey:function(a){var d=this.getCookie(a);d=this.strictEncode(d);if(typeof d!='undefined'&&d.match(/\w+%3D/)){var b=d.split('%3D');if(typeof b[0]!='undefined'&&b[0].match(/\w+/)){return b[0]}}},getValues:function(a){var e=this.getCookie(a);e=this.strictEncode(e);if(typeof e!='undefined'&&e.match(/\w+%3D\w+/)){var b=e.split('%3D');if(typeof b[1]!='undefined'&&b[1].match(/\w+/)){var d=b[1].split('%2C');if(typeof d[0]!='undefined'){return d}else{return null}}else{return null}}else{return null}}};</script>             <script type="text/javascript" src="//js-sec.indexww.com/ht/p/184635-214794100431492.js"> </script>
                        <script type="text/javascript"> var googletag=googletag||{};googletag.cmd=googletag.cmd||[];(function(){var a=document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],b=document.createElement("script");b.async=true;b.src="http://www.googletagservices.com/tag/js/gpt.js";b.type='text/javascript';a.parentNode.insertBefore(b,a)}()); </script>
            
        <script type="text/javascript">
           
         googletag.cmd.push(function(){  googletag.pubads() 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'aid'
                        , ["e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c","1297985863832"]                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'author'
                        , ""                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'ck'
                        , "news"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'et'
                        , "sm"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'nk'
                        , "print"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'page'
                        , "story"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'pr'
                        , "tsun"                     )

                   
                     .setTargeting(
                        'sck'
                        , "world"                     )

                   

           ; if( typeof AamGpt.getCookie( "aam_dfp" ) != "undefined" ){ googletag.pubads().setTargeting( AamGpt.getKey( "aam_dfp" ),AamGpt.getValues( "aam_dfp") ); };

                
            if( typeof AamGpt.getCookie("aam_uuid") != "undefined" ){ googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "aamId", AamGpt.getCookie("aam_uuid") ); };


            if ( document.referrer )
                googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "r" ,document.referrer.split('/')[2] )
            
                if ( 'undefined' != typeof pnWeatherCookieHandler && null != pnWeatherCookieHandler ) {

                    var pn_weather = pnWeatherCookieHandler.setPostmediaAdConfig();
                }

                if ( 'undefined' != typeof pn_weather ) {

                    if ( null != pn_weather ) {

                        if ( null != pn_weather.wc ) {

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "wc" , pn_weather.wc );

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "wt", pn_weather.wt );

                            googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "ww", pn_weather.ww );

                        }

                    }

                }

                if(  'undefined' != typeof I10C ) {
                    if ( 'undefined' != I10C.Morph ) {
                        if ( null != I10C.Morph ) {
                            if ( 1 == I10C.Morph ) {
                               googletag.pubads().setTargeting( "shield" , "1" );
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs();
 	 googletag.pubads().disableInitialLoad();
 	 googletag.enableServices();});        </script>
    
		 <!-- Amazon Ad Tag --> 
            <script type='text/javascript'>
                ! function(a9, a, p, s, t, A, g) {
                    if (a[a9]) return;

                    function q(c, r) {
                        a[a9]._Q.push([c, r])
                    }
                    a[a9] = {
                        init: function() {
                            q("i", arguments)
                        },
                        fetchBids: function() {
                            q("f", arguments)
                        },
                        setDisplayBids: function() {},
                        _Q: []
                    };
                    A = p.createElement(s);
                    A.async = !0;
                    A.src = t;
                    g = p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
                    g.parentNode.insertBefore(
                        A, g)
                }("apstag", window, document, "script", "//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js");apstag.init({
                        pubID: '3528',
                        adServer: 'googletag',
                        bidTimeout: '2e3'
                    });
            </script>

		<script type="text/javascript">
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			var adSlots = [];
			/* ]]> */
		</script>
            <script type="text/javascript">
                /* <![CDATA[ */
                var pn_Gpt_Weather = {"wc":"partly-cloudy","wt":"2","ww":"1"};
                /* ]]> */
            </script><meta name="ROBOTS" content="NOARCHIVE" /><script type="text/javascript">
function janrainSignOut() {
	janrain.capture.ui.endCaptureSession();
}
(function() {
	if ( typeof window.janrain !== 'object' ) {
		window.janrain = {};
	}
	window.janrain.settings = {};
	window.janrain.settings.capture = {};

	// capture settings
	janrain.settings.capture.redirectUri = "https://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=janrain_capture_redirect_uri";
	janrain.settings.capture.appId = "ztcpr5854s8kyh93khrgw44sv9";
	janrain.settings.capture.clientId = "ehq8vagzdh4ytxcccfvqbpsfhu9q38hk";
	janrain.settings.capture.responseType = 'token';
	janrain.settings.capture.captureServer = "https://postmedia.us.janraincapture.com";
	janrain.settings.capture.registerFlow = 'socialRegistration';
	janrain.settings.packages = ["capture","login"];

	janrain.settings.capture.setProfileCookie = true;
	janrain.settings.capture.keepProfileCookieAfterLogout = true;
	janrain.settings.capture.setProfileData = 'true';

	janrain.settings.capture.federateEnableSafari = true;

	// styles
	janrain.settings.capture.stylesheets = ["http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/styles.css?m=1515678437h","http://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-sun/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/styles.css?m=1516040915h"];
	janrain.settings.capture.mobileStylesheets = ["http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/janrain-capture-screens/stylesheets/mobile-styles.css?m=1515678437h"];
	janrain.settings.capture.recaptchaPublicKey = '6LeVKb4SAAAAAGv-hg5i6gtiOV4XrLuCDsJOnYoP';
	
		// engage settings
		janrain.settings.appUrl = "https://login.canada.com";
		janrain.settings.tokenAction = 'event';
			
		// federate settings
		janrain.settings.capture.federate = 1;
		janrain.settings.capture.federateServer = "https://postmedia.us.janrainsso.com";
		janrain.settings.capture.federateXdReceiver = "http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-plugins/postmedia-library/classes/Postmedia/Web/Plugins/JanrainCapture/xdcomm.html";
		janrain.settings.capture.federateLogoutUri = "https://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com/wp-login.php?loggedout=true";
	
	function isReady() {
		janrain.ready = true;
	}
	if (document.addEventListener) {
		document.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', isReady, false );
	} else {
		window.attachEvent( 'onload', isReady );
	}

	var e = document.createElement( 'script' );
	e.type = 'text/javascript';
	e.id = 'janrainAuthWidget'
	var url = document.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'https://' : 'http://';
	url += "widget-cdn.rpxnow.com/load/login.canada.com";
	e.src = url;
	var s = document.getElementsByTagName( 'script' )[0];
	s.parentNode.insertBefore( e, s );
})();
</script>
					<meta name="google-site-verification" content="ljXFsNxnI10A5Du893byKprf90Ycw4E4nL7sYyc7wTU" />
						<meta itemprop="genre" content="News" />
					<script type='text/javascript'>
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			 				var pn_theme_piano_app_id = "KlFb8Hg2nS";
 						/* ]]> */
		</script>
								<meta property="fb:pages" content="1910312429243234" />
										<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
				new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
				j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
				'//www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
				})(window,document,"script","dataLayer","GTM-K3XM6GQ");</script>
				<meta property="fb:app_id" content="1910312429243234" />
<meta property="fb:page_id" content="189526659635" />
<meta property="fb:admins" content="100002625504753" />
<meta name="application-name" content="Toronto Sun" /><meta name="msapplication-window" content="width=device-width;height=device-height" /><meta name="msapplication-tooltip" content="Toronto News | Latest Headlines &amp; Breaking News" /><meta name="msapplication-task" content="name=Subscribe;action-uri=http://torontosun.com/feed;icon-uri=http://s2.wp.com/i/favicon.ico" /><meta itemprop="alternativeHeadline" content="Harvey kills at least one person" />
<link rel="amphtml" href="http://torontosun.com/2017/08/26/heinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c/amp" />			<meta name="google-site-verification" content="ljXFsNxnI10A5Du893byKprf90Ycw4E4nL7sYyc7wTU" />
						<meta itemprop="genre" content="News" />
			<style type="text/css" id="syntaxhighlighteranchor"></style>
<script type="text/javascript">var Postmedia=Postmedia || {};Postmedia.Analytics=Postmedia.Analytics || {};Postmedia.Analytics.PublishedDate = "2017/08/26 09:32:25";Postmedia.Analytics.ModifiedDate = "2017/08/27 10:07:03";Postmedia.Analytics.GlobalSlug = "";Postmedia.Analytics.NLP = {"entities":[],"categories":[],"key_topics":[]};Postmedia.Analytics.Authors = "frank-bajak-the-associated-press";</script>
</head>
<body id="" class="post-template-default single single-post postid-e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c single-format-standard site-torontosun mp6 customizer-styles-applied highlander-enabled highlander-light" >

<!-- Google Tag Manager -->
				<noscript><iframe src="//www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-K3XM6GQ" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>
				
			<!-- Needs to be the first ad rendered on the page -->
		<div id="gpt-nulladslot" style='height:0; display:none;'>
			<!-- Null Ad Slot for bug DAS-265-->
			<script>
				googletag.cmd.push(function() {
					var gpt_nulladslot = googletag.defineSlot('null', [66, 6], 'gpt-nulladslot').addService(googletag.pubads());
					googletag.display('gpt-nulladslot');
					googletag.pubads().refresh( [ gpt_nulladslot ], {changeCorrelator: false} );
				});
			</script>
			<!-- Null Ad Slot ends -->
		</div>
	

	<div id="fb-root"></div>
	<div itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
						<meta itemprop="url" content="http://torontosun.com">
						<meta itemprop="logo" content="https://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/toronto-desktop.png">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.facebook.com/torontosun/">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://twitter.com/TheTorontoSun">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Sun">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nurun.torontosun">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newspaperdirect.torontosun.market">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/toronto-sun/id398520338">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/toronto-sun-eedition/id567830986">
						<link itemprop="sameAs" href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/toronto-sun/9wzdncrdnbf0">
						</div>			<!-- Out of Page ad -->
			<div class="out-of-page">
			            <div id="gpt-oop" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-oop',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 1,1 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_oop = googletag.

			 defineOutOfPageSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story" , 'gpt-oop'); gpt_oop.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-oop"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_oop
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    			</div>
			<!-- Wallpaper Ad -->
			<div class="wallpaper-container" style="position:absolute">
			            <div id="gpt-wallpaper" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-wallpaper',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 4,4 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_wallpaper = googletag.

			 defineSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story", [[4,4]] , 'gpt-wallpaper');  adSlots.push( gpt_wallpaper ); gpt_wallpaper.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-wallpaper"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_wallpaper
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    			</div>
		
	
	<div id="page" class="hfeed site desktop" >

			<div class="alerts pmalerts_num_0">
			<div class="pmalerts_num_0 colour-bar"></div>
				<div class="l-constrained">
									</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	
<header class="l-header full-width   ">
	<div class="header-wrapper">
		<div class="top-bar">
			<div class="l-constrained">

										<span class="title">Hot Topics</span>
						<ul class="features">
															<li class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Featured Item">
									<a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com" >Classifieds</a>
								</li>
																<li class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Featured Item">
									<a href="http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/static/obits/cityResults_44_1.asp" >Obits</a>
								</li>
																<li class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Featured Item">
									<a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com/toronto/employment/search"  target="_blank" >Jobs</a>
								</li>
																<li class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Featured Item">
									<a href="http://flyercity.torontosun.com/?locale=en&#038;p=torontosun"  target="_blank" >Flyers</a>
								</li>
														</ul>
					
				<div class="right-block track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Subscription">
										<span class="subscribe-text">
						<a class="subscribe-link" id="captureSignInLink" href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="pn_janrain_render_screen('signIn');">Sign into your account</a>
						<a class="subscribe-link" id="captureSignOutLink" href="javascript:void(0);">Sign out</a>
					</span>
														</div>
			</div>
		</div>
		<div class="nav-bar">
			<div class="l-constrained">
				<div class="header-logo track_event" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization" data-event-tracking="Logo">
					<a class="logo" href="http://torontosun.com">
												<img src="https://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/toronto-desktop.png" alt="Toronto SUN" />
					</a>
				</div>
				<div class="nav-search-wrapper track_event" data-event-tracking="Main Navigation">
					<nav id="primary-nav" class="navigation"><ul id="menu-primary" class="main-nav"><li id="menu-item-410196" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-410196"><a href="/">Home</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-356633" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356633 news"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news">News</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356703" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356703 news"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news">All News</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356707" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356707 local-news"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/local-news">Toronto &amp; GTA</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356706" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356706 provincial"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/provincial">Ontario</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356704" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356704 national"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/national">Canada</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356732" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356732 world"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/world">World</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356705" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356705 crime"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/crime">Crime</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356731" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356731 weird"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/weird">Weird</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356702" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356702 business"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/business">Money</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356730" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356730 technology"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/technology">Technology</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356742" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356742 technology"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/technology">All Technology</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356846" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356846 gaming"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/technology/gaming">Gaming</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356845" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356845 personal-tech"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/technology/personal-tech">Gadgets</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356632" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356632"><a href="http://torontosun.com/weather">Weather</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356745" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356745"><a href="http://torontosun.com/traffic">Traffic</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356713" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356713 sports"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports">Sports</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356738" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356738 sports"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports">All Sports</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356744" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356744"><a href="http://torontosun.com/scores">Scores and Stats</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-428013" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428013 olympics"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/olympics">Olympics</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356720" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356720 hockey"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/hockey">Hockey</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356750" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356750 hockey"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/hockey">All Hockey</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356721" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356721 toronto-maple-leafs"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl/toronto-maple-leafs">Toronto Maple Leafs</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428491" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428491 nhl"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/hockey/nhl">NHL</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356717" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356717 football"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/football">Football</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356740" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356740 football"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/football">All Football</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356718" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356718 toronto-argonauts"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/football/cfl/toronto-argonauts">Toronto Argonauts</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428487" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428487 cfl"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/football/cfl">CFL</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428488" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428488 nfl"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/football/nfl">NFL</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356714" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356714 baseball"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/baseball">Baseball</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356739" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356739 baseball"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/baseball">All Baseball</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356715" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356715 toronto-blue-jays"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/baseball/toronto-blue-jays">Toronto Blue Jays</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428506" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428506 mlb"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/baseball/mlb">MLB</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356946" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356946 basketball"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/basketball">Basketball</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-363071" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-363071 basketball"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/basketball">All Basketball</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356947" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356947 toronto-raptors"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/basketball/nba/toronto-raptors">Toronto Raptors</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428490" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428490 nba"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/basketball/nba">NBA</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356723" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356723 lacrosse"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/lacrosse">Lacrosse</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356741" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356741 lacrosse"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/lacrosse">All Lacrosse</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356872" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356872 toronto-rock"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/lacrosse/nll/toronto-rock">Toronto Rock</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428492" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428492 nll"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/lacrosse/nll">NLL</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356728" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356728 soccer"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/soccer">Soccer</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356874" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356874 soccer"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/soccer">All Soccer</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356724" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356724 toronto-fc"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/soccer/mls/toronto-fc">Toronto FC</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-428489" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-428489 mls"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/soccer/mls">MLS</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-409677" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-409677 sports-picks"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/sports-picks">Sports Picks</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356795" class="hide-on-breadcrumbs menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356795"><a>More Sports</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356719" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356719 golf"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/golf">Golf</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356722" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356722 horse-racing"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/horse-racing">Horse Racing</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356725" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356725 mma"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/mma">MMA</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356726" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356726 auto-racing"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/auto-racing">Motorsports</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356729" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356729 tennis"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/tennis">Tennis</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356727" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356727 other-sports"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sports/other-sports">Other Sports</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356708" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356708 opinion"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion">Opinion</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356737" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356737 opinion"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion">All Opinion</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356711" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356711 editorials"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion/editorials">Editorials</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356709" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356709 columnists"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion/columnists">Columnists</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356710" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356710 cartoons"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion/cartoons">Editorial Cartoons</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356712" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356712 letters"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/opinion/letters">Letters</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356743" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356743"><a href="http://torontosun.com/send-letter">Send Letter to the Editor</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356686" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356686 entertainment"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment">Entertainment</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356733" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356733 entertainment"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment">All Entertainment</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356687" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356687 books"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/books">Books</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356688" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356688 celebrity"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/celebrity">Celebrity</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356689" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356689 movies"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/movies">Movies</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356690" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356690 music"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/music">Music</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356691" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356691 theatre"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/theatre">Stage</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356873" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356873 television"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/television">Television</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356694" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356694 life"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life">Life</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356735" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356735 life"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life">All Life</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356695" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356695 food"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/food">Eat</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356696" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356696 fashion-beauty"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/fashion-beauty">Fashion &amp; Beauty</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-415670" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-415670 relationships"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/relationships">Relationships</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356701" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356701 sex-files"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/sex-files">Sex Files</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356692" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356692 health"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/health">Health</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356734" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356734 health"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/health">All Health</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356693" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356693 diet-fitness"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/health/diet-fitness">Diet &amp; Fitness</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356697" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356697 homes"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/homes">Homes</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356736" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356736 homes"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/life/homes">All Homes</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-357315" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-357315"><a href="http://realestate.torontosun.com">Find-a-Rental</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356848" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356848 travel"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel">Travel</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356853" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356853 travel"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel">All Travel</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356847" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356847 local-travel"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel/local-travel">Ontario Travel</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356849" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356849 travel-canada"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel/travel-canada">Travel Canada</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356850" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356850 europe"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel/europe">Travel Europe</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356851" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356851 international"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel/international">Travel International</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356852" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356852 usa"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/travel/usa">Travel USA</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356789" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type_archive menu-item-object-sunshine-girl menu-item-has-children menu-item-356789"><a href="http://torontosun.com/sunshine-girl">More</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356904" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children menu-item-356904 sunshine-girls"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sunshine-girls">Sunshine Girls</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356905" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356905 sunshine-girls"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/sunshine-girls">Today&#8217;s Sunshine Girl</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356794" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356794"><a href="http://torontosun.com/become-a-sunshine-girl">Become a Sunshine Girl</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356776" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-356776"><a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com">Classifieds</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356777" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356777"><a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com">All Classifieds</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-377883" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-377883"><a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com/toronto/employment/search">Jobs</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356780" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356780"><a href="http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/setCityZone.asp?id=44">Announcements</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356782" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356782"><a href="http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/setCityZone.asp?id=44">Obits</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356778" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356778"><a href="http://classifieds.torontosun.com">Browse Listings</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356781" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356781"><a href="http://torontosun.adperfect.com/">Place an Ad</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356779" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356779"><a href="http://flyercity.torontosun.com">Flyercity</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356770" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-has-children menu-item-356770"><a href="http://driving.ca">Driving</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356771" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356771"><a href="http://driving.ca">All Driving</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356772" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356772"><a href="http://driving.ca/category/auto-news">Auto News</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356773" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356773"><a href="http://driving.ca/category/reviews">Reviews</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356774" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356774"><a href="http://driving.ca/car-comparison">Car Comparison</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356775" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356775"><a href="http://driving.ca/buyers-guide/2015">Buyers Guide</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	<li id="menu-item-356685" class="menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-356685 contests"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/contests">Contests</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356783" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356783"><a href="http://newsstand.torontosun.com">Special Sections</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356784" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-356784"><a href="http://canoe.com">On Canoe.com</a>
	<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">		<li id="menu-item-356785" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356785"><a href="http://lifewise.canoe.com/Puzzles/">Puzzles</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356786" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356786"><a href="http://lifewise.canoe.com/Horoscopes/">Horoscopes</a></li>
		<li id="menu-item-356787" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356787"><a href="http://lifewise.canoe.com/Comics/">Comics</a></li>
		</ul>
<div class='outfit-wrap'></div>	</div>
</li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
<li id="menu-item-356746" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-has-children menu-item-356746"><a href="http://torontosun.com/subscription">Subscription</a>
<div class="subnav">
<ul class="subnav-menu">	<li id="menu-item-356876" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356876"><a href="http://torontosun.com/subscription">Subscribe</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356748" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356748"><a href="http://torontosun.com/subscription/my-subscription">My Subscription</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356749" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356749"><a href="http://torontosun.com/edit-profile">Edit Profile</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356747" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-356747"><a href="http://torontosun.com/subscription/subscribe-to-tv-book">Subscribe to TV Book</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	<li id="menu-item-356875" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356875"><a href="http://eedition.torontosun.com">Read e-Edition</a><div class='subnav'><div class='outfit-wrap'></div></div></li>
	</ul>
</div>
</li>
</ul></nav>
					<div class="right-block">
												<span class="social-text">Share</span>
							<div class="social-bar">
		<ul class="social-icons">
			<li  class="facebook track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social" >
				<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;t=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="facebook" target="_blank"></a>
			</li>
			<li  class="twitter track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
				<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;text=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="twitter" target="_blank"></a>
			</li>
			<li class="more-social">
				<a href="javascript:void();"></a>
				<div class="more-social-menu">
					<div class="menu-content">
						<div class="social-menu-title">Share</div>
						<h6 class="article-title">Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas</h6>
						<div class="social-icons-lists">
							<ul class="social-icons">
								<li  class="tumblr track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="http://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;name=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;description=CORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014." title="tumblr" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Tumblr</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="pinterest track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fstorage.torontosun.com%2Fv1%2Fdynamic_resize%2Fsws_path%2Fsuns-prod-images%2F1297985916763_ORIGINAL.jpg%3Fquality%3D80%26size%3D520x&#038;description=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="pinterest" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Pinterest</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="google-plus track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F" title="google plus" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Google Plus</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="reddit track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;title=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="reddit" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Reddit</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="linkedin track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;title=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;summary=CORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014." title="linkedin" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>LinkedIn</span></a>
								</li>
																<li  class="email track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Social"  >
									<a href="mailto:?subject=Toronto%20Sun%3A%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;body=I%20wanted%20to%20share%20a%20story%20with%20you%20from%20Toronto%20Sun%3A%0A%0AHurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas%0ACORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014.%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%0A" title="email" class="share-icon email"><span>Email</span></a>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</div>
					</div> <!-- / menu content -->
				</div> <!-- / more-social-menu -->
			</li> <!-- / more-social -->
		</ul>
		<!-- / share-icons -->
	</div>
							<ul class="header-actions">
								<li class="search">
									<form class="form-search" action="/?" method="get">
										<span class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Search Open">
											<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="open-search" title="Open Search" alt="Open Search"></a>
										</span>
										<fieldset>
											<input type="text" name="s" id="main-searcher" placeholder="Search Toronto SUN" title="Search">
											<input class="start-search" type="submit" alt="Search" value="" title="Search">
											<span class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Header Search Close">
												<a href="javascript:void(0);" class="close close-search" alt="Close Search" title="Close Search"></a>
											</span>
										</fieldset>
									</form>
								</li>
							</ul>
										</div>
				</div><!-- /nav-search-wrapper -->
			</div><!-- /l-constrained-->
		</div><!-- /nav-bar -->
	</div><!-- /header-wrapper -->
</header>
<!-- / header -->

		<div id="content" class="site-content">

	<div class="l-content">
		<section class="l-top-content">
			<div class="adunit">
				
	<div class="widget-advertisement advertisement pnLeaderboard">
		<div id="gpt-billboard"></div>
		<div id="pn-leaderboard-ad-large">
			            <div id="gpt-leaderboard" class="pn_dfpads adslot">
                        <script type="text/javascript">
            
                    jQuery( document ).ready( function() {
            apstag.fetchBids({
                slots: [{
                    slotID: 'gpt-leaderboard',
                    sizes: [ 
							[ 728,90 ], [ 970,90 ], [ 970,250 ], [ 1200,90 ], [ 1200,250 ]
					 ]
                }]
            }, function( bids ) {
                /* trigger the first request to DFP */
                googletag.cmd.push( function() {
    
				var gpt_leaderboard = googletag.

			 defineSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story", [[728,90],[970,90],[970,250],[1200,90],[1200,250]] , 'gpt-leaderboard');  adSlots.push( gpt_leaderboard ); gpt_leaderboard.addService( googletag.pubads() ) 
                     .setTargeting(
                        'loc'
                        , "top"                     )

                   

            ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();
                pnJustInTime.route( 
    { 
                            ad_id: '"#gpt-leaderboard"',
                            pixels_away:100,
                            pixels_away_count:1,
                            mode:'down',
                            lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_enabled:'"on"',
                            refresh_count:5,
                            refresh_time:62,
                            block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',
                            admode:'""',
                            ad_data:'null',
                            adslot: gpt_leaderboard
                    } 
                    );
                 });
            });
         });
                 </script>
                </div>
        

    		</div>
	</div>
			</div>
		</section>
		<div class="l-constrained container contentbody">

			<div class="l-main active" id="main">
				<div class="fluid-holder">
					
					
<article id="post-" class="l-article three-col-post post-e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news category-world news">
			<div itemprop="copyrightHolder" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization">
			<meta itemprop="name" content="Toronto Sun"/>
			<meta itemprop="url" content="https://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com"/>
		</div>
		<div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">
			<div itemprop="logo" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">
				<meta itemprop="url" content="https://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/toronto-desktop.png">
				<meta itemprop="width" content="336">
				<meta itemprop="height" content="336">
			</div>
			<meta itemprop="name" content="Toronto Sun">
			<meta itemprop="url" content="https://postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com"/>
		</div>
				<div itemprop="image" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ImageObject">
			<meta itemprop="url" content="http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1297985916763_ORIGINAL.jpg?size=520x">
			<meta itemprop="width" content="755">
			<meta itemprop="height" content="520">
		</div>
				<meta itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" content="http://torontosun.com/2017/08/26/heinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c">
			<header class="entry-header">
    <h1 itemprop="headline" class="entry-title">Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas</h1>
	</header><!-- .entry-header -->

			<!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
			<div class="fixed-holder first left" >
				<div class="entry-details byline clearfix">
					<div class='story_details'>			<div class="author-wrap">
				<div itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/person">
					<meta itemprop="name" content="Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS" /><img itemprop="image" class="avatar" src="http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/498ea01ee88beecb59be73ea42c1f3c6?s=96&#038;d=identicon&#038;r=g" width="45" alt="Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS" /><span class="name">Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</span>				</div>
			</div>
					<div class="byline-dates">
			<p><strong>Published:</strong> <time itemprop="datePublished" class="entry-date published pubdate" datetime="2017-08-26T09:32:25+00:00">August 26, 2017</time> </p><p><strong>Updated:</strong> <time itemprop="dateModified" class="updated" datetime="2017-08-27T10:07:03+00:00">August 27, 2017 10:07 AM EST</time> </p><p class="filed_under"><strong>Filed Under:</strong></p><div class="breadcrumb-wrap news sub menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children">

		<ul class="breadcrumb-list" itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList" itemscope>
		<li class="track_event" data-event-tracking="Home Breadcrumb">
			<a href="http://torontosun.com"><span>Toronto SUN</span></a>
		</li>
								<li class="news sub menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category menu-item-has-children track_event" data-event-tracking="Parent Breadcrumbs" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem">
									<a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news" itemprop="url"><span >News</span><meta itemprop="position" content="1" /></a>
							</li>
								<li class="world sub menu-item menu-item-type-taxonomy menu-item-object-category current-category track_event" data-event-tracking="Parent Breadcrumbs" itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem">
									<a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/world" itemprop="url"><span >World</span><meta itemprop="position" content="2" /></a>
							</li>
							</ul>
</div>
		</div>

			<div class="social-bar">
		<ul class="social-icons">
			<li  class="facebook" >
				<a href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;t=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="facebook" target="_blank"></a>
			</li>
			<li  class="twitter"  >
				<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;text=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="twitter" target="_blank"></a>
			</li>
			<li class="more-social">
				<a href="javascript:void();"></a>
				<div class="more-social-menu">
					<div class="menu-content">
						<div class="social-menu-title">Share</div>
						<h6 class="article-title">Hurricane Harvey kills at least two people while spinning deeper into Texas</h6>
						<div class="social-icons-lists">
							<ul class="social-icons">
								<li  class="tumblr"  >
									<a href="http://tumblr.com/widgets/share/tool?canonicalUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;name=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;description=CORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014." title="tumblr" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Tumblr</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="pinterest"  >
									<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fstorage.torontosun.com%2Fv1%2Fdynamic_resize%2Fsws_path%2Fsuns-prod-images%2F1297985916763_ORIGINAL.jpg%3Fquality%3D80%26size%3D520x&#038;description=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="pinterest" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Pinterest</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="google-plus"  >
									<a href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F" title="google plus" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Google Plus</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="reddit"  >
									<a href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;title=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas" title="reddit" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>Reddit</span></a>
								</li>
								<li  class="linkedin"  >
									<a href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%2F&#038;title=Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;summary=CORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014." title="linkedin" target="_blank" class="share-icon"><span>LinkedIn</span></a>
								</li>
																<li  class="email"  >
									<a href="mailto:?subject=Toronto%20Sun%3A%20Hurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas&#038;body=I%20wanted%20to%20share%20a%20story%20with%20you%20from%20Toronto%20Sun%3A%0A%0AHurricane%20Harvey%20kills%20at%20least%20two%20people%20while%20spinning%20deeper%20into%20Texas%0ACORPUS%20CHRISTI%2C%20Texas%20%26mdash%3B%20Harvey%20spun%20deeper%20into%20Texas%20and%20unloaded%20extraordinary%20amounts%20of%20rain%20Saturday%20after%20the%20once-fearsome%20hurricane%20crashed%20into%20vulnerable%20homes%20and%20businesses%20along%20the%20coastline%20in%20a%20blow%20that%20killed%20at%20least%20two%20people%20and%20injured%20up%20to%2014.%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Ftorontosun.com%2F2017%2F08%2F26%2Fheinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast%2Fwcm%2Fe70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c%0A" title="email" class="share-icon email"><span>Email</span></a>
								</li>
							</ul>
						</div>
					</div> <!-- / menu content -->
				</div> <!-- / more-social-menu -->
			</li> <!-- / more-social -->
		</ul>
		<!-- / share-icons -->
	</div>

		</div>

	<aside id="sidebar" class="l-sidebar">
<div id="pmlay_lists_widget-173" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_pmlay_lists_widget widget-sticky " style="height:1500px;"><div class="widget">	<section class="widget_2 widget-outfit widget-outfit-r2 ">

					<header id="section-header" class="section-header">
				<div id="section-label" class="section-label clearfix">
					<h2 class="cat-head">
						<span>Related</span>
					</h2>
					<div id="section-body"></div>
				</div>
			</header>
		
		
		<ul class="posts-list hfeed vertical-list">
						<li  >
				<article 
					
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					 show-look-label" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|1|shar|"
				>
					<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431090" href="http://torontosun.com/news/world/serial-killer-who-took-part-in-murder-spree-being-released" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=https://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/old-slayings-1-e1518543327541.jpg&#038;w=107&#038;h=80" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="107" 
				height="80" 
				id="img-431090"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
					<header>
						<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/world" class="world">World</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/news/world/serial-killer-who-took-part-in-murder-spree-being-released" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Serial killer who took part in murder spree being released?</a></h4>					</header>

					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					 show-look-label" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|2|shar|"
				>
					<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-422418" href="http://torontosun.com/news/crime/scoop-on-the-poop-connecticut-woman-arrested-for-defecating-in-cul-de-sac-3-separate-times/wcm/80b2860a-04c3-4eac-a231-c46ae69d937c" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=https://postmediacanoe.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/hc-1518553664-21i45vb6tp-snap-image.jpg&#038;w=107&#038;h=80" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="107" 
				height="80" 
				id="img-422418"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
					<header>
						<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/crime" class="crime">Crime</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/news/crime/scoop-on-the-poop-connecticut-woman-arrested-for-defecating-in-cul-de-sac-3-separate-times/wcm/80b2860a-04c3-4eac-a231-c46ae69d937c" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Scoop on the poop: Woman arrested for defecating in cul-de-sac 3 times</a></h4>					</header>

					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					 show-look-label" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|3|shar|"
				>
					<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-422367" href="http://torontosun.com/news/world/stuck-pedal-causes-suv-to-speed-up-to-160-km-h-in-florida/wcm/dfc9a052-dd6a-4b71-b7d8-4eb2643e0c2b" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=https://postmediacanoe.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/i-95-e1518559283186.jpg&#038;w=107&#038;h=80" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="107" 
				height="80" 
				id="img-422367"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
					<header>
						<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/world" class="world">World</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/news/world/stuck-pedal-causes-suv-to-speed-up-to-160-km-h-in-florida/wcm/dfc9a052-dd6a-4b71-b7d8-4eb2643e0c2b" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Pedal gets stuck as driver goes 160 km/h in Florida</a></h4>					</header>

					
				</article>
							</li>
						<li  >
				<article 
					
					class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event 
					 show-look-label" 
					data-event-tracking="Sidebar Outfit|0||0|4|shar|"
				>
					<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-422399" href="http://torontosun.com/news/world/israeli-pm-netanyahu-bribery-and-corruption-indictment-recommended-by-police/wcm/462c41cf-0b81-4887-989b-a73b9fdcfa81" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=https://postmediacanoe.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/israel1-e1518560728207.jpg&#038;w=107&#038;h=80" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="107" 
				height="80" 
				id="img-422399"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
					<header>
						<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/world" class="world">World</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="/news/world/israeli-pm-netanyahu-bribery-and-corruption-indictment-recommended-by-police/wcm/462c41cf-0b81-4887-989b-a73b9fdcfa81" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Israeli PM bribery and corruption indictment recommended</a></h4>					</header>

					
				</article>
							</li>
					</ul>

			</section>
	</div></div></aside>

				</div>
			</div>
			
	  <!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
		<div class="fixed-fluid-holder right active last" >
			<div class="fluid-holder right">
	
	
		<div class="entry-featured-media-container">

					<figure class="entry-featured-media video featured-video wp-caption">
				<div id="pn_video_913263"><span itemprop="name" content="Hurricane Harvey Leaves Behind Heavy Damage; Major Flooding To Come"></span>
<span itemprop="description" content="Hurricane Harvey Leaves Behind Heavy Damage; Major Flooding To Come"></span>
<span itemprop="duration" content="PT1M35S"></span>
<link itemprop="thumbnailUrl" href="http://brightcove04.o.brightcove.com/1745097732/1745097732_5552833930001_7995695b2e37f8fa384bf4f12d1695f6-tmb2.jpg?pubId=1749345207&amp;videoId=5552952642001/width/960/height/540" />
<span itemprop="thumbnail">
    <span itemprop="thumbnail" content="http://brightcove04.o.brightcove.com/1745097732/1745097732_5552833930001_7995695b2e37f8fa384bf4f12d1695f6-tmb2.jpg?pubId=1749345207&amp;videoId=5552952642001/width/960/height/540"></span>
    <meta itemprop="width" content="960">
    <meta itemprop="height" content="540">
</span>
<meta itemprop="isFamilyFriendly" content="True">
<meta itemprop="playerType" content="HTML5 Flash">
<span itemprop="width" content="630"></span>
<span itemprop="height" content="354"></span></div><script type="text/javascript">( function() { pnShowVideo( "5552952642001", 913263, "", "", "false", "", "", "kaltura", "video", null, null, "true", false, "1749345207" ); } )();</script>			</figure>
				</div>
		
	<div class="entry-content ">
		
		<div itemprop="articleBody">
						<p><p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas &mdash; Harvey spun deeper into Texas and unloaded extraordinary amounts of rain Saturday after the once-fearsome hurricane crashed into vulnerable homes and businesses along the coastline in a blow that killed at least two people and injured up to 14.</p><p>Throughout the region between Corpus Christi and Houston, many people feared that toll was only the beginning. Authorities did not know the full scope of damage because weather conditions prevented emergency crews from getting into the hardest-hit places. And they dreaded the destruction that was yet to come from a storm that could linger for days and unload more than 40 inches (100 centimetres) of rain on cities, including dangerously flood-prone Houston, the nation&rsquo;s fourth-largest.</p><p>In the island community of Port Aransas, population 3,800, officials were unable to fully survey the town because of &ldquo;massive&rdquo; damage. Police and heavy equipment had only made it into the northernmost street.</p><p>&ldquo;I can tell you I have a very bad feeling and that&rsquo;s about it,&rdquo; said Mayor Charles Bujan, who had called for a mandatory evacuation but did not know how many heeded the order.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Harvey has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm this afternoon. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txwx?src=hash">#txwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/YtleSH33wy">pic.twitter.com/YtleSH33wy</a></p>&mdash; NWS Corpus Christi (@NWSCorpus) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/901508564300247041">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>Some of the worst damage appeared to be in Rockport, a coastal city of about 10,000 that was directly in the storm&rsquo;s path. The mayor said his community took a blow &ldquo;right on the nose&rdquo; that left &ldquo;widespread devastation,&rdquo; including homes, businesses and schools that were heavily damaged. Some structures were destroyed.</p><p>Rockport&rsquo;s roads were a mess of toppled power poles. A trailer blocked much of one major intersection. Wood framing from ripped-apart houses was strewn along Route 35 on the town&rsquo;s southern end.</p><p>Harvey&rsquo;s relentless wind tore the metal sides off the high school gym and twisted the steel door frame of its auditorium.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police video shows building in Aransas Pass, Texas being torn apart by strong wind gusts from Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>. <a href="https://t.co/GuH5jyDOQl">https://t.co/GuH5jyDOQl</a> <a href="https://t.co/i87EIBndEF">pic.twitter.com/i87EIBndEF</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/901421928103108608">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still in the very infancy stage of getting this recovery started,&rdquo; said Aransas County spokesman Larry Sinclair.</p><p>Rockport Mayor Charles &ldquo;C.J.&rdquo; Wax told The Weather Channel that the city&rsquo;s emergency response system had been hampered by the loss of cellphone service and other forms of communication.</p><p>A day earlier, Rockport Mayor Pro Tem Patrick Rios offered ominous advice, telling people who chose not to evacuate to mark their arms with Sharpie pens, implying that the marks would make it easier for rescuers to identify them.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Heavy damage @ Rockport Fulton High School<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a> <a href="https://t.co/ttOm8vvygg">pic.twitter.com/ttOm8vvygg</a></p>&mdash; Jonathan Lee Riches (@xxxlawsuitxxx) <a href="https://twitter.com/xxxlawsuitxxx/status/901488876333789184">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>One person was killed in Aransas County when in a fire at home during the storm, county Judge C.H. &ldquo;Burt&rdquo; Mills Jr. said. A second person died in flooding in Harris County, where Houston is located.</p><p>Gary Norman, a spokesman for the Houston emergency operations centre, said late Saturday that the person was a woman appeared to have gotten out of her vehicle in high water, though authorities had not confirmed a cause of death. She was found by neighbours about 30 yards (27 metres) away from her vehicle, and Norman said she was pronounced dead at the scene by a doctor who was in the area.</p><p>Mills also said as many as 14 people suffered minor injuries in his county, including slips and falls, scrapes and a broken leg.</p><p>About 300,000 customers were without power statewide. Gov. Greg Abbott said it would probably be several days before electricity is restored.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New pictures of damage in Port Aransas <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/6zGm2wccjD">pic.twitter.com/6zGm2wccjD</a></p>&mdash; Molly Zuber (@mollyzuber) <a href="https://twitter.com/mollyzuber/status/901487019548921856">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>Meanwhile, the storm was barely moving. Rainfall totals varied across the region, with Corpus Christi and Galveston receiving around 3 inches (8 centimetres), Houston 7 (18 centimetres) and Aransas 10 (25 centimetres). Tiny Austwell got 15 inches (38 centimetres).</p><p>In Houston, authorities were pleading with people not to leave their homes as a flood emergency was declared.</p><p>&ldquo;The streets are treacherous,&rdquo; Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full impact of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> still to occur w/ heavy rain/flooding. <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS">@POTUS</a> directed team to remain fully engaged &amp; support TX &amp; LA Govs. <a href="https://t.co/bbUP4DSfSP">pic.twitter.com/bbUP4DSfSP</a></p>&mdash; Vice President Pence (@VP) <a href="https://twitter.com/VP/status/901530436324786177">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>Elsewhere in the storm&rsquo;s immediate aftermath, the Coast Guard had rescued 20 people from boats and barges in distress, said Capt. Tony Hahn, commander of the Corpus Christi sector.</p><p>The Corpus Christi port was closed with extensive damage. Because the city is the third-largest petrochemical port in the nation, the agency will be on the lookout for spills, Hahn said.</p><p>The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade came ashore late Friday about 30 miles (48 kilometres) northeast of Corpus Christi as a mammoth Category 4 storm with 130 mph (209 kph) winds.</p><p>Harvey weakened to a tropical storm by midday Saturday. At 10 p.m., its maximum sustained winds had fallen to about 40 mph (64 kph), the National Hurricane Center said. But the storm was moving at just 1 mph (1.6) kph as it dumped torrential rain over an area that included Houston.</p><p>The hurricane posed the first major emergency management test of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scenes from Corpus Christi <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> (Pics via Jonathan McComb) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCDFW">@NBCDFW</a> <a href="https://t.co/SjukwMOtAj">pic.twitter.com/SjukwMOtAj</a></p>&mdash; Meredith Land (@MeredithNBC5) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeredithNBC5/status/901514222991015936">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>Trump met with his Cabinet and other senior administration officials to discuss the federal response to the damage and flooding, the White House said Saturday in a statement.</p><p>The president held a video conference from Camp David in which he instructed departments and agencies to &ldquo;stay fully engaged and positioned to support his number one priority of saving lives,&rdquo; the statement said.</p><p>Trump, who on Friday signed a federal disaster declaration for coastal counties, also reminded department heads that the full impact of the storm will not be apparent for days. On Twitter, he commended the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for his handling of the disaster.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Water in Keegans Bayou in Houston, TX rising almost an inch out of its banks due to rain from Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>. <a href="https://t.co/GuH5jyDOQl">https://t.co/GuH5jyDOQl</a> <a href="https://t.co/mSM9Q9LGC5">pic.twitter.com/mSM9Q9LGC5</a></p>&mdash; ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/901423845483008000">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>In Corpus Christi, the major city closest to the storm&rsquo;s centre, wind whipped palm trees and stinging sheets of horizontal rain slapped against hotels and office buildings along the seawall as the storm made landfall.</p><p>Daybreak revealed downed lamp posts and tree limbs and roof tiles torn off buildings. Along Interstate 45 leaving Galveston, the rain was so intense that drivers stopped under bridges because they could not see in front of them.</p><p>Rain fell on Houston at nearly 3 inches (8 centimetres) an hour, leaving some streets and underpasses underwater. The many drainage channels known as bayous that carry excess water to the Gulf were flowing freely and rising.</p><blockquote data-lang="en" class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More pics from Rockport and area <a href="https://twitter.com/KATVToddYak">@KATVToddYak</a> <a href="https://t.co/GOO9X3yXvb">pic.twitter.com/GOO9X3yXvb</a></p>&mdash; Brian Emfinger (@brianemfinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianemfinger/status/901507986513960963">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote><p>&ldquo;Flooding is a minor issue so far,&rdquo; Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, the chief administrator of the county that includes Houston, said. &ldquo;Most of the watersheds are well within banks, but we&rsquo;re not out of this.&rdquo;</p><p>Francisco Sanchez, with the Harris County Emergency Management Office, said the storm would be around for a while.</p><p>&ldquo;Someone is going to get those very high rainfall totals,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Hopefully it&rsquo;s not us, but we&rsquo;re in that possibility area.&rdquo;</p><p>South of the city, about 4,500 inmates were evacuated from three state prisons in Brazoria County because the nearby Brazos River was rising.</p><p>The turbulent weather extended into southern Louisiana, where motorists were cautioned about the potential for high water, road hazards, high winds and tornadoes.</p><p>Harvey came ashore as the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years and the strongest to strike Texas since 1961&rsquo;s Hurricane Carla, the most powerful Texas hurricane on record.</p><p>The storm&rsquo;s approach sent tens of thousands of people fleeing inland.</p><p>Just hours before landfall, the governor and Houston leaders issued conflicting statements on evacuation.</p><p>The governor urged more people to flee, but Houston officials recommended no widespread evacuations, citing greater danger in having people on roads that could flood and the fact that the hurricane was not taking direct aim at the city.</p><p>The last Category 4 storm to hit the U.S. was Hurricane Charley in August 2004 in Florida.</p><p><em>Associated Press writers Michael Graczyk, Juan Lozano and Nomaan Merchant in Houston; Tammy Webber in Chicago; David Phillip in Dickinson, Texas; and Jamie Stengle, David Warren and Claudia Lauer and in Dallas contributed to this report.</em></p></p>		</div>
		<footer class="entry-meta ">
					</footer><!-- .entry-meta -->
		<div class="clearfix"></div>
							</div><!-- .entry-content -->

	<!-- THREE COL CHANGE GOES HERE -->
			</div>
		</div>
	
	<div class="clearfix"></div>
</article><!-- #post-## -->
				</div>
			</div>

			<aside id="sidebar" class="l-sidebar">
<div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-top" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:1200px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxtop" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxtop',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,251 ], [ 300,600 ], [ 300,601 ], [ 300,1050 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxtop = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story", [[300,250],[300,251],[300,600],[300,601],[300,1050]] , 'gpt-bigboxtop');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxtop ); gpt_bigboxtop.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "top"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxtop"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxtop                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div><div id="newsletter_widget-61" class="widget-wrap clearfix newsletter_widget"><div class="widget"><div class="widget widget-updates newsletter-signup" id="pn-newsletter-signup">
	<h2 class="cat-head"><span>Email Alerts</span></h2>
	<div class="form-wrap">
		<form class="widget-form">
			<fieldset>
				<label for="widget-email-popup">Get the latest news in your mailbox as it happens</label>
				<input id="widget-email-popup" type="button" value="Sign Up" onclick="openNewsletterModal();">
			</fieldset>
		</form>
	</div>
</div>
</div></div><div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-mid" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:500px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxmid" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxmid',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,252 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxmid = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story", [[300,250],[300,252]] , 'gpt-bigboxmid');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxmid ); gpt_bigboxmid.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "mid"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxmid"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxmid                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div><div id="pn_native_ad_collection-4" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_pn_native_ad_collection"><div class="widget">		<section class="rightrail-nativecollection"><div class="nativecollection"></div></section>
		</div></div><div id="postmedia_polarmediavoice-2" class="widget-wrap clearfix postmedia_polarmediavoice"><div class="widget">		<div class="rightrail_native_ad">
			<div class="nativead">
				<div class="adcontent">
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>

		</div></div><div id="postmedia_layouts_ad-bot" class="widget-wrap clearfix widget_postmedia_layouts_ad widget-sticky adsizewrapper " style="height:500px;"><div class="widget">            <div id="gpt-bigboxbot" class="pn_dfpads adslot">                         <script type="text/javascript">                                  jQuery( document ).ready( function() {             apstag.fetchBids({                 slots: [{                     slotID: 'gpt-bigboxbot',                     sizes: [  							[ 300,250 ], [ 300,253 ] 					 ]                 }]             }, function( bids ) {                 /* trigger the first request to DFP */                 googletag.cmd.push( function() {      				var gpt_bigboxbot = googletag.  			 defineSlot ("/3081/SMCO_ENUR_TSUN_EN_WEB/news/world/story", [[300,250],[300,253]] , 'gpt-bigboxbot');  adSlots.push( gpt_bigboxbot ); gpt_bigboxbot.addService( googletag.pubads() )                       .setTargeting(                         'loc'                         , "bot"                     )                                   ;                 apstag.setDisplayBids();                 pnJustInTime.route(      {                              ad_id: '"#gpt-bigboxbot"',                             pixels_away:100,                             pixels_away_count:1,                             mode:'down',                             lazy_loading_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_enabled:'"on"',                             refresh_count:5,                             refresh_time:62,                             block_these_ads:'"#gpt-grannybar,#gpt-skinnybar,#gpt-wallpaper, #gpt-leaderboard, #gpt-oop, #gpt-bigboxtop, #gpt-bigboxtop-mobile, #gpt-impulse, #gpt-impulse-mobile"',                             admode:'"resize"',                             ad_data:'null',                             adslot: gpt_bigboxbot                     }                      );                  });             });          });                  </script>                 </div>               </div></div></aside>

		</div>
		<!-- / container -->
	</div>

		<div class="l-content" id="related-posts">
		<div class="l-constrained container contentbody">
				<div class="related-posts seaction-header-wrap outfit">
					<h2 class="section-header"><span>Related Posts</span></h2>
											<ul class="posts-list headline fourcol-li">
								<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event  show-look-label" 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|5|Related Posts List|related-posts"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431242" href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bruce-mcarthur-investigation-trial-will-be-massive-lawyer" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=http://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/12800373_10153499279323528_9133520654495232894_n.jpg&#038;w=365&#038;h=273" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="365" 
				height="273" 
				id="img-431242"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/local-news" class="local-news">Toronto &amp; GTA</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bruce-mcarthur-investigation-trial-will-be-massive-lawyer" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Bruce McArthur investigation, trial &#039;will be massive&#039;: Lawyer</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event  show-look-label" 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|6|Related Posts List|related-posts"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431022" href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/boushies-family-meets-federal-ministers-after-acquittal-in-murder-trial" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=http://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/tootoosis.jpg&#038;w=365&#038;h=273" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="365" 
				height="273" 
				id="img-431022"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/news/national" class="national">Canada</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/boushies-family-meets-federal-ministers-after-acquittal-in-murder-trial" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Boushie’s family meets federal ministers after acquittal in murder trial</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li class="last">
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event  show-look-label" 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|Related Posts|1|7|Related Posts List|related-posts"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431227" href="http://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/big-mama-keshia-knight-pulliam-defends-her-decision-to-leave-celebrity-big-brother" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=http://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/celebritybigbrother_keshiaknightpulliam_950w1.jpg&#038;w=365&#038;h=273" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="365" 
				height="273" 
				id="img-431227"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<span class="label"><a href="http://torontosun.com/category/entertainment/television" class="television">Television</a></span><h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/entertainment/television/big-mama-keshia-knight-pulliam-defends-her-decision-to-leave-celebrity-big-brother" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">BIG MAMA: Keshia Knight Pulliam defends her decision to leave Celebrity Big Brother</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
						</ul>
									</div>
					</div>
		<!-- / container -->
	</div>
	<!-- / l-content -->
	

	<div class="l-content" id="zoned-posts">
		<div class="l-constrained container contentbody">
					<div class="zoned-posts seaction-header-wrap outfit">
				<h2 class="section-header"><span>Top Stories</span></h2>
				<div class="clearfix"></div>
									<div class="sevencol first">
						<ul class="posts-list fourcol-li">
								<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|8|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431239" href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/missing-toronto-firefighter-found-in-california" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=http://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/image.gif&#038;w=205&#038;h=153" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="205" 
				height="153" 
				id="img-431239"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/missing-toronto-firefighter-found-in-california" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Missing Toronto firefighter found in California</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|9|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431242" href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bruce-mcarthur-investigation-trial-will-be-massive-lawyer" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=http://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/12800373_10153499279323528_9133520654495232894_n.jpg&#038;w=205&#038;h=153" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="205" 
				height="153" 
				id="img-431242"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bruce-mcarthur-investigation-trial-will-be-massive-lawyer" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Bruce McArthur investigation, trial &#039;will be massive&#039;: Lawyer</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li class="last">
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|10|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
			<figure class="thumbnail ">
			<a id="link-431156" href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/ndp-considering-pledge-to-abolish-jury-challenge-rule-in-response-to-boushie-trial-verdict/wcm/0a9c5e20-c480-46ae-937d-8a5cf6647b2d" target="">
					<img src="http://wcmimages.torontosun.com/images?url=https://postmediatorontosun.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/ndp-priorities-201802131-e1518545706605.jpg&#038;w=205&#038;h=153" 
				class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image " 
				alt=""
				width="205" 
				height="153" 
				id="img-431156"/>
			</a>
		</figure>
			<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/ndp-considering-pledge-to-abolish-jury-challenge-rule-in-response-to-boushie-trial-verdict/wcm/0a9c5e20-c480-46ae-937d-8a5cf6647b2d" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">NDP considering pledge to abolish jury challenge rule in response to Boushie trial verdict</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
						</ul>
					</div>
					<div class="fivecol last">
						<ul class="posts-list vertical-list">
								<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|11|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
						<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/world/princess-dianas-butler-ends-speculation-about-prince-harrys-parentage" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Princess Diana&#039;s butler ends speculation about Prince Harry&#039;s parentage</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|12|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
						<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/skiing-legend-cruises-to-court-victory-over-lawyer" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Skiing legend cruises to court victory over lawyer</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
	<li >
		<article 
			
			class="post post-excerpt hentry track_event " 
			data-event-tracking="Outfit|0|More News|1|13|zone|hp-top-stories"
		>
						<header>
				<h4 class="entry-title"><a href="http://torontosun.com/news/national/bare-arms-undermine-credibility-ex-pm-kim-campbell-says-sleeveless-dresses-demeaning-for-female-tv-broadcasters/wcm/26498a1a-b1b6-43ee-847d-71b30d9b29d6" target="_self" rel="bookmark" title="">Ex-PM Kim Campbell says sleeveless dresses ’demeaning’ for female TV broadcasters</a></h4>			</header>

					</article>
	</li>
						</ul>
					</div>
							</div>
				</div>
		<!-- / container -->
	</div>
	<!-- / l-content -->

	<div class="l-content" id="comments-area">
		<div class="l-constrained container contentbody">
		<div id="flyertown_module_8905"></div>		</div>
		<!-- / container -->
	</div>
	<!-- / l-content -->


	</div><!-- #content -->

	<footer class="l-footer">
		<div class="l-constrained">
			<div class="top-footer">
				<p class="footer-section">Connect with Toronto SUN</p>
				
								<div class="social-bar track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Social">
					<ul class="social-icons">
										<li class="facebook"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/torontosun" title="facebook" target="_blank"></a></li>
										<li class="twitter"><a href="https://twitter.com/TheTorontoSun" title="twitter" target="_blank"></a></li>
										<li class="youtube"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmk6KPI5P7AzRUjV0Nfkpww" title="youtube" target="_blank"></a></li>
										<li class="rss"><a href="/rss" title="rss" target="_blank"></a></li>
										<li class="email"><a href="#managenewsletters" title="email alerts"></a></li>
										</ul>
				</div>

				<div class="footer-menu track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Menu">
					<section><ul><li><a href="http://torontosun.com/subscription">Subscribe</a></li>
<li><a href="http://torontosun.com/edit-profile">Edit Profile</a></li>
<li><a href="http://torontosun.com/ways-to-read">Ways to Read</a></li>
<li><a href="http://torontosun.com/faqs">FAQS</a></li>
</ul></section><section><ul><li><a href="http://torontosun.com/sitemap">Sitemap</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.postmediasolutions.com/">Advertise</a></li>
<li><a href="http://torontosun.com/contact-us">Contact Us</a></li>
</ul></section>				</div>
			</div>
			<div class="bottom-footer">
				<div class="copyright-block track_event" data-event-tracking="Footer - Copyrights">
					<a href="http://www.postmedia.com" class="postmedia" title="postmedia" target="_blank"></a>
					<div class="mice">&copy; 2018 Postmedia Network Inc. All rights reserved. <span>Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited.</span></div>
					<div class="footer-menu">
						<section><ul><li id="menu-item-356758" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356758"><a href="http://www.postmediaadvertising.com/privacy-statement/">Privacy</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-356759" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356759"><a href="http://www.canada.com/aboutus/termsofservice.html">Terms</a></li>
<li id="menu-item-356760" class="menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-356760"><a href="http://www.canada.com/aboutus/copyright.html">Copyright &amp; Permissions</a></li>
</ul></section>					</div>
				</div>
							</div>
		</div>
	</footer>

</div><!-- #page -->

<!-- wpcom_wp_footer -->
<input type="hidden" id="dfp_weather_field_id" name="dfp_weather_field_id" value="a7a79fbd71" /><input type="hidden" name="_wp_http_referer" value="/2017/08/26/heinous-hurricane-harvey-downgraded-to-category-1-storm-after-hammering-texas-gulf-coast/wcm/e70ca5e1-2025-4a52-9877-6981e313a77c" />			<script>
				$ = jQuery.noConflict();

				// dynamically load MG2 script to improve initial page load
				function openNewsletterModal () {
					var newsletterScript = document.getElementById('scriptMg2Widget');
					if ( typeof newsletterScript.src == undefined || newsletterScript.src == '' ) {
						newsletterScript.src = "http:\/\/enewsletter.postmedia.com\/dist\/products\/newsletterwidget\/postmedia\/topslide\/MG2Widget-newsletterwidget-nojquery.min.js";
						newsletterScript.addEventListener( 'load', function () {
				            mg2WidgetAPI.openNewsletter( { defaultCategoryId: "26" } );
				        });
					} else {
						// script is already loaded
						mg2WidgetAPI.openNewsletter( { defaultCategoryId: "26" } );
					}
			    }
			</script>
							<script id="scriptMg2Widget"></script>
			
			<div id="mg2Widget-newsletter-container"></div>
							<script>
					jQuery(document).on('click', ".social-bar .social-icons li a[href='#managenewsletters'], #editProfile .capture_grid_block .capture_deactivate_section a[href='#managenewsletters']" , function() {
						openNewsletterModal()
					});
				</script>
						<div style="display:none" id="signIn"></div>
		<div style="display:none" id="returnSocial"></div>
		<div style="display:none" id="returnTraditional"></div>
		<script type='text/javascript' src='//0.gravatar.com/js/gprofiles.js?ver=201807y'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var WPGroHo = {"my_hash":""};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-content/mu-plugins/gravatar-hovercards/wpgroho.js?m=1380573781h'></script>

	<script>
		//initialize and attach hovercards to all gravatars
		jQuery( document ).ready( function( $ ) {

			if (typeof Gravatar === "undefined"){
				return;
			}

			if ( typeof Gravatar.init !== "function" ) {
				return;
			}			

			Gravatar.profile_cb = function( hash, id ) {
				WPGroHo.syncProfileData( hash, id );
			};
			Gravatar.my_hash = WPGroHo.my_hash;
			Gravatar.init( 'body', '#wp-admin-bar-my-account' );
		});
	</script>

		<div style="display:none">
	</div>
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-0-2' href='http://s2.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/postmedia-theme-sun/classes/Postmedia/Web/Widgets/TvListings/css/tv_listings.css?m=1504039440h&cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='tv_listings_widget_css_external-css'  href='http://www.tvpassport.com/tvmds/leader/css/tvmds-primetime.css?ver=4.9.4' type='text/css' media='all' />
<link rel='stylesheet' id='all-css-2-2' href='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJylkE0LwjAMhv+QNfiFeBDBi1fBg8dRu9hF2iwsnf5965iI86DgrTxv87xp4SbG1ZyQE6QKIypcSUBqTRFLsqaDRlsGF6xqzvfPDI54giOVHpPCFl0d8dCyVsS4oyaAU4VThwvteeFzUNy6mXHOR/CtX0LrifWDGGUr3oaADeWhR1e0nulMzkgtrfymfz0vYZRgU76hlW2Ifefsz3/IPtZ8I3+I+y8dyIf0UbCJ68lislzNZ8vp9HIHth+/AQ==?cssminify=yes' type='text/css' media='all' />
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var postmedia_piano = {"paywall_exempt_ie":"","endpoint":"\/\/experience.tinypass.com\/xbuilder\/experience\/load","theme":"vip\/postmedia-theme-sun"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var comment_like_text = {"loading":"Loading..."};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var pn_janrain_vars = {"ajaxurl":"https:\/\/postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var ajax_object = {"ajax_url":"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","navigation_nonce":"af25d63b5f"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJzNUUtLAzEQ/kPGYREXL+LBmyAUKuo1m4zbSZNJzGOr/96kW6VaKAoi3pJvvhczsAlCec7IGfIKHSaYKEDwKTvUJEWwZSROe4ilIcr4CsrKlCp/8T6BBxzgrpnAEnMmHhPcel1sI5Fkf/8Ipjq1p5heTk06gb34OtI4kcJwMHLlo4eldbV7LlhwJVlbjEfIyjtXITGLTFMPkDYU8CeiT8BX4dGl6acgpN6aBBZWtp1UpV/TQYFfWf5ix7+RHCXxtQy5RGzZZkb+MnUXKdT8F0lFxEr7R1USjfzNJltQpMLtmG7uf+Uuu/Ou7876/qI3b1aaPrY='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='https://static.freeskreen.com/publisher/2800/freeskreen.min.js?ver=4.7.3'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var wpcomVipAnalytics = {"is_404":"0","is_home":"0","is_single":"1","is_front_page":"0","is_archive":"0","percentToTrack":"1"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJytjcEKwjAQRH/IuFHjwYP4C4JIjxKTtW5I0sBuLP17bUQQzx5n3gwPxqLckAWzgNwxIcODCpSBJaEnq1qpuGZw0TK/+PHDoMMrdOR7FIazUCSZTihCuWcIDPVdXcY2WQZewL9sjdKN0DfTV/zVpKpKrD1lhrWaZaE5lc02TkJuPhzSfrXVRm92xujwBKDXZqU='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.canada.com/js/analytics/core.js?ver=4.9.4'></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s1.wp.com/_static/??-eJyVjUEOwjAMBD9EcFuJ3BBvCYkFDnUS2U4rfk8OCLhyW400s7A3F2sxLAZ2R0aFjRq0qsaYKLi29hsVhVDC+jSK+iaQFRq7yoWsCx6zHuCnxf1rJqbirkGAgxrKWK5uKEJpvH3YnwWTEB86pAuf59O8TN77ackvePBNfw=='></script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://api.flyertown.ca/8905/84facbe6314273e6/flyertown_module.js?ver=1.0.0'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
/* <![CDATA[ */
var snap_gallery_params = {"is_mobile":"false","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","ajax_snap_gallery_popup_nonce":"b007afddd6","has_ads":"false"};
var snap_gallery_params = {"is_mobile":"false","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/postmediatorontosun.wordpress.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","ajax_snap_gallery_popup_nonce":"b007afddd6","has_ads":"false"};
/* ]]> */
</script>
<script type='text/javascript' src='http://s0.wp.com/_static/??-eJy1zcEOgjAMxvEXcpscEC/GZ1mgjJKtq3RDeXtREhLlYowmPf2T/j5zZVVHSkDJpA4CiBmRDUdJARq0in12SLIpSsiys97DgPNTP98lwzDp1sNNPDYw6PVH97IzP18K1hG2WCuOnPlva4+gljJ9RD+jkkwmQWBvEyzIRl3D92wm6ZDglX6PM38Op6Lcl1VZHYpjfwdgOMD0'></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
(function() {
try{
  if ( window.external &&'msIsSiteMode' in window.external) {
    if (window.external.msIsSiteMode()) {
      var jl = document.createElement('script');
      jl.type='text/javascript';
      jl.async=true;
      jl.src='/wp-content/plugins/ie-sitemode/custom-jumplist.php';
      var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
      s.parentNode.insertBefore(jl, s);
    }
  }
}catch(e){}
})();
// ]]>
</script><!-- START Adobe Analytics --><script type="text/javascript">s.prop24 = "2017\/08\/26 09:32:25";s.prop47 = "";s.prop48 = "frank-bajak-the-associated-press";jQuery( document ).ready( function() { void( s.t() ) } );</script><!-- END Adobe Analytics --><script src="//stats.wp.com/w.js?56" type="text/javascript" async defer></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
_tkq = window._tkq || [];
_stq = window._stq || [];
_tkq.push(['storeContext', {'blog_id':'126506751','blog_tz':'-5','user_lang':'en','blog_lang':'en','user_id':'0'}]);
_stq.push(['view', {'blog':'126506751','v':'wpcom','tz':'-5','user_id':'0','post':'354230711733902249','subd':'postmediatorontosun'}]);
function st_vt() {var x=document.createElement("img");x.src="http://pixel.wp.com/g.gif?blog=126506751&v=wpcomvt&tz=-5&user_id=0&post=354230711733902249&subd=postmediatorontosun&rand="+Math.random();}
_stq.push(['extra', {'crypt':'UE40eW5QN0p8M2Y/RE1BNmNJfGhxNCVxUDExYmtib2E/SzdEJm0lUEtbdFU0fFk4cHZvcUFrZT90Tn4yQm1+R3NyNTc/MUhXW11WSmguZHBnMVY9WDQucUFSZy1GV1NuaFRQTmNMbWt4Nm05WVIySVdKSy56UERsQy1bTnEvTEZHV1NtNGl8NzA9Y2pHM0xkYS1XOHNqYlZ3K352QmM9Q2xbdXAlTU9CSnFEUFIxdW8yQUdyOC5ZYWMsL2cxYisybnEybHAzN045X0FhS3NDaWQ9fFgtSUFhcitUak0vVUZdMUN0R1kyVVlGSklNYW0tQWpkQkFfdlg='}]);
_stq.push([ 'clickTrackerInit', '126506751', '354230711733902249' ]);
	</script>
<noscript><img src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?v=noscript" style="height:0px;width:0px;overflow:hidden" alt="" /></noscript>
			<!-- Chartbeat Code Begins -->
			<script type="text/javascript">

				var _sf_async_config={};
				_sf_async_config.uid = 34988;
				_sf_async_config.domain = "postmedia.com";
				_sf_async_config.useCanonical = true;
				_sf_async_config.sections = "torontosun.com";
				_sf_async_config.videoPageGroups = true;

				_sf_async_config.authors = "Frank Bajak, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS";
				( function(){
					function loadChartbeat() {
						window._sf_endpt=(new Date()).getTime();
						var e = document.createElement('script');
						e.setAttribute('language', 'javascript');
						e.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript');
						e.setAttribute('src',
							 (('https:' == document.location.protocol) ? 'https://a248.e.akamai.net/chartbeat.download.akamai.com/102508/' : 'http://static.chartbeat.com/') +
							 'js/chartbeat_video.js');
						document.body.appendChild(e);
					}
					var oldonload = window.onload;
					window.onload = (typeof window.onload != 'function') ? loadChartbeat : function() { oldonload(); loadChartbeat(); };
				})();

			</script>
			<!-- Chartbeat Code Ends -->
				<!-- Google Code for Remarketing Tag -->	
		<script type="text/javascript">
			/* <![CDATA[ */
			var google_conversion_id = 990309138;
			var google_custom_params = window.google_tag_params;
			var google_remarketing_only = true;
			/* ]]> */
		</script>
				<noscript>
			<div style="display:inline;">
			<img height="1" width="1" style="border-style:none;" alt="" src="//googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/viewthroughconversion/990309138/?value=0&amp;guid=ON&amp;script=0"/>
			</div>
		</noscript>		
					<script>
				document.write('<scr' + 'ipt async type="text/javascript" src="//c.jsrdn.com/s/cs.js?p=22507"><\/sc' + 'ript>');
			</script>
			<div id="ds_default_anchor"></div>
			<script>
if ( 'object' === typeof wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info ) {

	wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.init();
	var mobileStatsQueryString = "";
	
	if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_platforms' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedPlatformName;
	
	if( false !== wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'mobile_devices' + '=' + wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.matchedUserAgentName;
	
	if( wpcom_mobile_user_agent_info.isIPad() )
		mobileStatsQueryString += "&x_" + 'ipad_views' + '=' + 'views';

	if( "" != mobileStatsQueryString ) {
		new Image().src = document.location.protocol + '//pixel.wp.com/g.gif?v=wpcom-no-pv' + mobileStatsQueryString + '&baba=' + Math.random();
	}
	
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
