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.story-thumb66{width: 200.3px !important; min-width:200.3px !important;}
}
/* New Text - Main menu */
/*
#main-menu>ul>li:nth-child(9){position:relative;}
#main-menu>ul>li:nth-child(9):after {
content: " New!";
top: -8px;
left: 60px;
color: rgb(255, 0, 31);
font-size: 10px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans-Semibold',sans-serif;
position: absolute;
} */
.media-body .carousel-inner .item img.adaptive {
min-height: initial;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px) {
.mobilepromoaward{
margin-bottom:10px;
}
.s4x-100-ls-container, .s4x-100lsbb-container {
height: 533px;
}
.s4x-100-ls-img-cont, .s4x-100-ls-img {
height:234px;
}
}
/*newsletter width issues -start*/
@media (min-width : 769px) {
.front .newsletter-container {
width: 300px;
}
}
/* newsletter width issues -End */
/* Overline only for mobile - start */
.kicker-text-mobi{
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
color: #ff001f;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans-Semibold',sans-serif;
font-size: 12px;
line-height: 15px;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
/* Overline only for mobile -End */
.also-view-container:after ,
.also-read-container:after {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
right: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 10%;
content: '';
background: -moz-linear-gradient(left,rgba(229,229,226,0) 0,rgba(246,246,246,0) 0,rgba(237,237,236,0.67) 45%,rgba(232,232,230,1) 72%,rgba(229,229,226,1) 89%);
background: -webkit-gradient(left top,right top,color-stop(0%,rgba(229,229,226,0)),color-stop(0%,rgba(246,246,246,0)),color-stop(45%,rgba(237,237,236,0.67)),color-stop(72%,rgba(232,232,230,1)),color-stop(89%,rgba(229,229,226,1)));
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(left,rgba(229,229,226,0) 0,rgba(246,246,246,0) 0,rgba(237,237,236,0.67) 45%,rgba(232,232,230,1) 72%,rgba(229,229,226,1) 89%);
background: -o-linear-gradient(left,rgba(229,229,226,0) 0,rgba(246,246,246,0) 0,rgba(237,237,236,0.67) 45%,rgba(232,232,230,1) 72%,rgba(229,229,226,1) 89%);
background: -ms-linear-gradient(left,rgba(229,229,226,0) 0,rgba(246,246,246,0) 0,rgba(237,237,236,0.67) 45%,rgba(232,232,230,1) 72%,rgba(229,229,226,1) 89%);
background: linear-gradient(to right,rgba(229,229,226,0) 0,rgba(246,246,246,0) 0,rgba(237,237,236,0.67) 45%,rgba(232,232,230,1) 72%,rgba(229,229,226,1) 89%);
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#e5e5e2',endColorstr='#e5e5e2',GradientType=1);
}
.article-cont .also-view-text-cont p, .article-cont .also-read-text-cont p {
max-height: initial;
padding: 5px 0 10px 0;
}
.also-view-img-cont {
margin: 17px 0 10px 0;
}
.also-view-img-cont:empty {
display: none;
}
/*Footer Ad 250 */
.full-width-add-footer250 {
width: 100%;
height: auto;
text-align: center;
margin-bottom: 20px;
clear: both;
}
div.full-width-add-footer250>.media {
margin: auto;
}
/*Footer Ad 250 */
header.sticky .main-menu.clear,
header.sticky .sub-menu-sticky
{
z-index: 9999999;
}
/*breaking news single story -start pipeline removed */
@media (min-width: 1024px){
.marquee1 a:only-child:after{
content: "";
}
}
/*breaking news single story -end*/
.author-img-cont {z-index: 5;}
a.kicker-text-mobi:hover{text-decoration:none;}
.story-thumb66 {max-width:none;}
/*Cartoon page carousel - Start 20-6-2017 */	span.pagingInfo-pc2, .pagingInfo-pc22{
color:white;
font-weight: bold;
margin-left: 5px; font-size: 16px; }
/*Cartoon page carousel 2017 - end */
/*Opinion lead mobile gradient - start 20-6-2017*/
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px){
span.ES2-100x4-text1-content.mobilGrad {
max-height: 38px;
}}
/*Opinion lead mobile gradient - end */
/*Impact Jounalism Day 2017 - start */
.journal-heading
{ font-family: 'TundraWeb-Bold';
font-size: 35px;
line-height: 54px;
text-transform: uppercase;
letter-spacing: 1px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.50);
color: #E6783E;
float: left;
}
.journal-header-text
{
z-index: 5;
width: 100%;
margin: 0 auto;
text-align: center; }
.journal-heading-level1{
font-family: 'TundraWeb-Bold';
font-size: 24px;
line-height: 0px; letter-spacing: 1px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.50); float: left;
}
.journal-heading-level2{
font-family: 'TundraWeb-Bold';
font-size: 24px;
line-height: 52px; letter-spacing: 1px;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
text-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.50); float: left;
}
.journal-header {
position: relative;
top: 0;
height: 110px;
width: 100%;
clear: both;
}
@media (max-width: 1023px) and (min-width: 768px)
{
.journal-header { height: 77px;
width: 100%;
}}
@media all and (device-width: 768px) and (device-height: 1024px) and (orientation:portrait) {
.journal-heading { font-size: 32px;
line-height: 40px; letter-spacing: 1px; }
.journal-heading-level1 {
font-size: 20px;
line-height: 7px;
letter-spacing: 2px; }
.journal-heading-level2 { font-size: 20px;
line-height: 30px;
letter-spacing: 2px; }
}
.journal-header .microsite-img-cont img {
width: 100%;
}
@media (max-width: 767px)
{
.journal-header {
font-size: 2em;
line-height: 20px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans-Semibold',sans-serif;
letter-spacing: 1px;
text-shadow: none;
position: relative;
height: 58px;
overflow: hidden;
padding-top: 3px;
float: left;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
text-align: left;
padding-left: 12px;
/*background-color: #133b5a;*/
background: url(http://www.thehindu.com/elections/article17055007.ece/binary/mockup.jpg) no-repeat;
}
.journal-heading-level1 { line-height: 62px; margin-left: 17px;
}
.journal-heading-level2 {
line-height: 62px; margin-left: 7px;
}
}
.impact-map-wrapper{width:100%;height:100%;margin:0 auto;margin-bottom: 20px;}
.hin_iframe{position:relative;}
.hin_iframe .ratio {display:block;width:100%;height:auto;}
.impact-map-wrapper-Home {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
margin: 0 auto; }
@media (min-width: 1022px){
.impact-map-home-right{
width: 100%;
height: 385px;
background: #133b5a;
position: relative;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 100% 100%;
margin-bottom: 20px;
overflow: hidden;
}}
#journal-trend-headColor
{
color: #133b5a;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px){
#triangle-Symbol-Remove .promoted-story-heading:before{
border-bottom: none;
border-right: none;
}}
@media (min-device-width : 768px) and (max-device-width : 1024px) and (orientation : portrait) {
#triangle-Symbol-Remove .promoted-story-heading:before{
border-bottom: none;
border-right: none;
}
}
hin_iframe{display:block;}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
.hin_iframe{width:100%;}
}
@media (min-width: 1024px) {
.hin_iframe{width:660px; }
}
@media (min-width: 1600px) {
.hin_iframe{width:920px; }
}
.hin_iframe_home{display:block;}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
.hin_iframe_home{width:300px; }
}
@media (min-width: 1024px) {
.hin_iframe_home{width:300px; }
}
@media (min-width: 1600px) {
.hin_iframe_home{width:300px; }
}
.journalism-logo {
display: inline-flex;
width: 100%;
height: 110px;
background-color: #382424;
background: url(http://www.thehindu.com/news/article19135939.ece/binary/logo-right-2);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
.journalism-logo img {
width: 185px;
height: auto;
}
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px) {
.journalism-logo {
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
}
/*Impact Jounalism Day 2017 - end */
.carousel-inner>.item {display: block;}
div.socialize ul li a.ePaper {
font-size: 10px;
padding: 0px 5px;
}
/* Section : Mobile Header Advt Removed Height Adjusted */
@media(max-width: 767px) {
header {
min-height: 100px;
}
}
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px){
header.home {
min-height: 55px !important;
}
}
/* Fact Box Alignment: Start */
div[id^="content-body"] .infobox-description ul {
margin-left: -22px;
margin-top: 0;
margin-bottom: 0;
margin-right: 0;
width: auto;
}
ol.article-body li, ul.article-body li, .infobox-description ul li {
display:list-item;
}
div[id^="content-body"] .infobox-description ul li {
font-size: 15px;
line-height: 20px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans', sans-serif;
color: #505050;
}
@media (max-width: 1599px) {
.article-cont ul.article-body, .article-cont ol.article-body {
margin: 0 20px 0 30px;
}
}
/* Fact Box Alignment: End */
.article-cont ul.article-body {
counter-reset: my-di-counter;
}
.article-cont ul.article-body p:before {
content: counter(my-di-counter, disc);
counter-increment: my-di-counter;
padding-right: 10px;
position: absolute;
left: -20px;
top: 5px;
font: bold 20px/1 Sans-Serif;
}
.article-cont ol.article-body {
counter-reset: my-nm-counter;
}
.article-cont ol.article-body p:before {
content: counter(my-nm-counter, decimal)". ";
counter-increment: my-nm-counter;
padding-right: 10px;
position: absolute;
left: -20px;
top: 5px;
}
.article-cont ul.article-body p, .article-cont ol.article-body p {
font-family: 'TundraWeb',serif;
font-size: 18px;
color: #282828;
line-height: 26px;
margin: 0;
padding-right: 20px;
position: relative;
}
.article h2 p {
font-family: "Fira-Sans-SemiBold",sans-serif;
font-size: 20px;
margin: 0;
color: #133b5a;
line-height: 25px;
padding: 0;
}
/* book author page lead grad : Start */
p.story1-3x100-text.BooksEod-100x3-content.lapGrad{
height: 64px;
}
/* book author page lead grad : End */
/* notification pop-up start */
.moe-push-class {
width: 100%;
height: 240px;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .69);
position: fixed;
z-index: 10000000;
top: 0px;
}
.notification-wrapper {
max-width: 448px;
z-index: 20000;
position: fixed;
top: 5px;
left: 50%;
margin-left: -225px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans', sans-serif;
}	.notification-wrapper .notification-content {
display: block;
padding: 15px 20px 15px 30px;	font-size: 12px;
}	.notification-wrapper img {
float: left;
margin: 0;
max-width: 100%;
height: auto;
}	.notification-wrapper .notification-logo {
float: left;
width: 68px;
overflow: hidden;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text {
display: block;
width: 310px;
float: right;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text h4 {
font-family: 'Fira-Sans',sans-serif !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
font-size: 15px;
padding-top: 3px;
margin: 0;
line-height: 20px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-content .notification-text span {
position: absolute;
right: 5px;
top: 0px;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: pointer;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text p {
font-size: 15px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans',sans-serif !important;
padding: 0 !important;
margin: 0px;
line-height: 20px;
}	.notification-wrapper .segmentation {
padding: 10px 20px 30px 30px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group {
padding: 0 30px 10px 0;
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
bottom: 0px;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation h2 {
margin: 0;
margin-bottom: 6px;
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 22px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans',sans-serif !important;
font-weight: bold !important;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation .checkbox {
float: left;
min-width: 130px;
padding: 5px 0;
line-height: initial;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation .checkbox label {
font-size: 15px;
font-weight: normal;
margin-bottom: 0;
display: inline-block;
max-width: 100%;
cursor: pointer;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation .checkbox input[type='checkbox'] {
margin: 3px 5px 0px 4px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group .btn {
font-size: 11px;	font-weight: bold;
border: 0;
padding: 8px 0px;
cursor: pointer;
transition: all .5s ease-in-out 0s;
text-transform: uppercase;
-webkit-appearance: none;
vertical-align: middle;
width: 72px;
line-height: normal;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group .btn.btn-1 {
margin-right: 5px;
}
.notification-wrapper {
border: 1px solid #FFFFFF;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-content {
color: #555;	background-color: #2A5D88;
box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);	}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text h4 {
color: #FAFCFB;
}	.notification-wrapper .notification-content .notification-text span {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation h2 {	color:#2A5D88;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation, .notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group {
background-color: #FDFDFD;
}	.notification-wrapper .segmentation .segmentation-list .checkbox label {
color: #143B5C;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group .btn {
color: #FFFFFF;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group .btn.btn-1 {
background-color: #143A5E;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group .btn.btn-2 {
background-color: #FF001E;
}
.update.notification-wrapper span.close {
position: absolute;
right: 10px;
top: 5px;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold;
cursor: pointer;
}
.moe-push-class {
height: 207px;
}
.notification-wrapper {
max-width: 468px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text {
width: 360px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text h4 {
color: #ffcc00;
font-size: 16px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-text p {
font-size: 14px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-content {
padding: 15px;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation {
padding: 10px 15px 15px 15px;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation h2 {
margin: 0;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation .checkbox {
padding: 3px 0;
}
.notification-wrapper .segmentation .checkbox label {
font-size: 14px;
}
.notification-wrapper .notification-btn-group {
padding: 0 15px 5px 0;
}
@media (max-width: 1599px) and (min-width: 1024px) {
.notification-tip-holder {
z-index: 2;
}
}
/* notification pop-up end */
/* pushpop_up- start */
.pushpopup .palign {
font-size: 12px;
font-family: 'Fira-Sans-Semibold', sans-serif;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
color: #555;
display: block;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 455px;
text-decoration: none;
background-color: #2A5D88;
}
@media ( min-width: 455px) {
#moe-push-div {
width: 100%;
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, .69);
position: fixed;
z-index: 10000000;
}
}
.palign {
box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0, 0, 0, .2);
}
.pushpopup img {
float: left;
margin-right: 10px;
}
.pushpopup {
max-width: 455px;
line-height: 15px;
z-index: 20000;
position: fixed;
top: 5px;
left: 50%;
}
.pushpopup .palign {
position: relative;
left: -50%;
}
.pushpopup #logo_s {
box-sizing: border-box;
float: left;
width: 22%;
overflow: hidden;
}
#logo_ss {
color: #fff;
padding: 0px 0px 0px 1px;
display: block;
padding-left: 8px;
box-sizing: border-box;
float: left;
width: 78%;
}
.pushpopup h3 {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
color: #369;
}
.pushpopup #btn {
float: right;
}
.pushpopup button {
font-size: 9px;
margin: 0 5px 5px 0;
background-color: red;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: red;
}
.pushpopup .text {
padding-left: 10px;
}
.pushpopup h4 {
font-family: 'Fira-Sans-Semibold', sans-serif;
font-size: 16px;
padding-top: 3px;
margin: 0;
color: #FAFCFB;
line-height: 20px;
}
.pushpopup #close {
float: right;
display: inline-block;
padding: 1px 5px 0px 0px;
font-size: 16px;
font-weight: bold !important;
background: #2A5D88;
cursor: pointer;
}
#lead_ss {
font-size: 13px;
padding: 5px 0 5px 0 !important;
margin-right: 18px;
}
.pushpopup #btn {
margin-right: 5px;
}
.pushpopup #optInTextConventional {
float: right;
}
.pushpopup #btn2 {
background-color: #143b5c;
}
@media ( max-width: 454px) and (min-width: 1px) {
.pushpopup {
max-width: 100%;
bottom: 0px;
top: auto;
left: 0px;
}
.pushpopup h4 {
font-size: 14px;
line-height: 16px;
padding-top: 5px;
}
#lead_ss {
font-size: 11px;
}
.pushpopup #logo_s {
width: 34.5%;
}
.pushpopup #logo_s img {
width: 100%;
}
.pushpopup #logo_ss {
width: 65.5%;
}
.pushpopup .palign {
left: auto;
width: 100%;
}
.pushpopup button {
font-size: 12px;
padding: 8px 12px;
}
}
/* pushpop_up- end */
.update.notification-wrapper .segmentation{ box-shadow: 1px 0px 5px 2px #ccc;}
/* Women event - start */
.womenAction-Banner{margin-bottom: 10px;}
@media (min-width: 1024px) {.HeightFix {height: 250px;}}
@media ( max-width: 412px) {.womenAction-logo {display: inline-flex;width: 100%;height: 79px; background-color: #382424;background:url(http://www.thehindu.com/photos/article19975480.ece/binary/women-in-action-sm);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: 100% 100%;}
.WActionmobHight{height:250px!important;padding-bottom: 20px;}}
@media ( max-width: 412px) {.womenAction-Banner {display: inline-flex;width: 100%;height: 79px; background-color: #382424;background:url(http://www.thehindu.com/specials/women-in-action/article20010576.ece/binary/Quiz-mobile-banner);background-repeat: no-repeat;background-size: 100% 100%;}
.WActionmobHight{height:250px!important;padding-bottom: 20px;}}
/* Women event - End */
/*404 page story start*/
@media (max-width: 1440px) and (min-width: 1280px){
#erroPage .page-not-exist, #erroPage .four-o-four-cont {padding-right:45px!important}
.page-not-found {height: 225px;!important}}
#erroPage .exit-point-container {padding-top: 6px!important;}
#erroPage span.fts-menu {color: #fff;padding-left: 18px;}
#erroPage .left-arrow:after{border-right: 10px solid #fff}
#erroPage .right-arrow:after {border-left: 10px solid #fff;}
#erroPage button.fa.fa-search.search-selection-icon {color: #fff!important;font-size: 20px;}
#erroPage .exit-point-container:after{background: linear-gradient(to right,rgba(19,59,90,0),rgba(19,59,90,1) 75%)}
#erroPage .exit-point-container {background: #133b5a;}
#erroPage .e-p-slide-text a{color: #fff;}
#erroPage .e-p-slide-text:after {background: -moz-linear-gradient(to right,rgba(19,59,90,0),rgba(19,59,90,1) 75%);
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(to right,rgba(19,59,90,0),rgba(19,59,90,1) 75%);background: linear-gradient(to right,rgba(19,59,90,0),rgba(19,59,90,1) 75%)}
#erroPage .trending-menu {padding-top: 20px;}
#erroPage .page-not-found {margin: 0!important;}
#erroPage .four-o-four-cont p {margin-left: 0px!important;float: none;}
#erroPage .search-bar {margin-top: 0px!important;}
#erroPage .page-not-exist p {width: 100%!important;}
#erroPage .four-o-four-cont h2 {text-align: center;}
@media (min-width: 413px){#erroPage .page-not-exist{padding: 0px 70px 30px 0px;}#erroPage .four-o-four-cont{padding: 0px 70px 30px 0px;}}
@media (max-width: 767px) and (min-width: 1px){.four-o-four-cont h2 {padding-top: 70px;}#erroPage .container {padding-bottom: 10px;}
#erroPage .four-o-four-cont h2 {padding-top: 0px;}#erroPage .fts-menu {padding-top: 30px;}#erroPage .page-not-exist {min-height: 266px;}}
/*404 page story end*/
#fixHeigPagin {
height: 1215px!important;
}
.drop-caps:first-letter
{
float: none;
padding-right: 5px;
}
#stickyfooterarticle{
width: 1240px;
position: fixed;
padding: 0;
z-index: 9999;
bottom: 0;
margin: 0 auto;
height: 75px;
background: #FFF;
box-shadow: 0 0 12px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.328);
visibility:hidden;
}
.fooeterarticleswrapper{width:25%; float: left; border-right: 1px solid #ccc;position: relative; }
.fooetrstickyimg {float: left;
height: 50px;
width: 70px;
margin: 2px 8px 0 0;overflow: hidden;}
.fooetrstickyimg img{ width: auto;
height: auto;
min-width: 100%;
min-height: 100%;}
.close{
position: absolute;
right: 0px;
top: -15px;
text-align: right;
cursor: pointer;
z-index:99999;
}
.close span{
width: 24px;
height: 24px;
display: block;
border-radius: 100%;
text-align: center;
background: #000;
color: #fff;
overflow: hidden;
line-height: 24px;
font-size: 24px;
box-shadow: 0px 0 2px 3px #282828;
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<p> Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful to hit the United States in 13 years, left a trail of destruction as it swept across Texas on Sunday, pummelling the region with heavy rains and claiming at least two lives since making landfall on the US’ Gulf Coast.</p><p>Harvey continued to batter Texas as rescuers grappled with heavy rains to reach out to people stranded due to the hurricane.</p><h2><strong>First such Category 4 storm</strong></h2><p>With winds topping 130 mph, Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to make landfall in the US since Hurricane Charley struck Florida in 2004, and the first to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961.</p><p>The hurricane dumped more than 20 inches of rain in the Houston area, causing “life-threatening catastrophic flooding” in southeastern Texas, The National Hurricane Center reported.</p><p>By midnight, the authorities had reported two deaths that appeared to be related to the storm, one in Rockport and the other in Houston, with up to 14 people injured.</p><p>The first fatality was reported in the hard-hit coastal city of Rockport, where the person died in a house fire during the storm.</p><p>Some eyewitness accounts stated that more people had died and media reports had earlier said three persons had been killed in connection with the hurricane.</p><h2><strong>Just the beginning</strong></h2><p>Forecasters warned that Harvey’s onslaught was just the beginning. In an advisory on Saturday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami said the storm was already producing “torrential rains” and it warned that “catastrophic flooding” was likely in the days ahead.</p><p>Harvey bombarded the stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas with home-ripping winds and torrential rains. As emergency officials scrambled to assess the extent of the damage, hundreds of thousands of people were without power after utility poles were knocked to the ground.</p><p>Emergency responders continued to comb through the debris of collapsed buildings, overturned trailers, broken power poles and uprooted trees.</p><p>The streets in Houston were drenched and deserted on Saturday night as millions of people along the Texas coastline took stock of the devastation — houses crushed by trees, gas stations torn to shreds, road signs blown out.</p><h2><strong>Trump’s challenge</strong></h2><p>US President Donald Trump, facing the first big natural disaster of his term, had said he has signed a disaster proclamation that “unleashes the full force of government help” shortly before Harvey made landfall.</p><p>Houston Mayor of Houston Sylvester Turner said the city will receive two to three feet of rain in the coming days.</p><p>“This is serious...It is important that people stay off the roads,” Mr. Turner said.</p><p>He said that the city is prepared for what he described as a “major water event.”</p><p>Some areas could get up to more than 100 centimetres of rain.</p><p>“Rainfall of this magnitude will cause catastrophic and life-threatening flooding,” the NHC said.</p><p>Earlier, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said he would activate 1,800 members of the military to help with the state-wide clean-up while 1,000 people would conduct search-and-rescue operations.</p><p>The seaside town of Rockport, 48 km north of the city of Corpus Christi, was hit the hardest with several homes collapsing and many buildings damaged.</p><p>At a recreational vehicle sales outlet, a dozen vehicles were flipped over and one had been blown to the middle of the street.</p><h2><strong>6 million in its route</strong></h2><p>As many as 6 million people were believed to be in Harvey’s path, as it is the heart of America’s oil-refining operations.</p><p>The storm’s impact on refineries has already pushed up gasoline prices.</p><p>The US Environmental Protection Agency eased rules on gasoline specifications late on Friday to reduce shortages.</p><p>Utilities American Electric Power Company Inc and CenterPoint Energy Inc reported a combined total of around 300,000 customers without power.</p><p>While thousands fled the expected devastating flooding and destruction, many residents stayed put in imperilled towns and stocked up on food, fuel and sandbags.</p><p>Incessant rain in Houston at nearly 3 inches an hour, left some streets and underpasses submerged.</p><p>Francisco Sanchez, of the Harris County Emergency Management Office, said the storm would be around for a while.</p><p>South of the city, about 4,500 inmates were evacuated from three state prisons in Brazoria County in the wake of the water level rising in the nearby Brazos River.</p><p>The turbulent weather extended into southern Louisiana, where motorists were cautioned about high water, road hazards, high winds and tornadoes.</p>
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