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</p><p><em>#HurricaneHarvey could hit landfall late Friday night along the Texas coast as a Category 3 hurricane.</em></p><p>

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<p>Harvey may become the strongest storm to hit the United States in over a decade.
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Harvey could be the new administration’s first natural-disaster test. FEMA, the federal agency responsible for disaster response, is under <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/us/politics/trumps-leader-for-fema-wins-praise-but-proposed-budget-cuts-dont.html?mtrref=www.nytimes.com&gwh=1C6FB242E8209E612A410096A320BAFF&gwt=pay">new leadership</a>, and disaster relief has faced <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-natural-disaster-budget_us_5919f2b9e4b0809be157130a">significant cuts</a> under Trump.
In short, we’re looking at a region and a president untested by recent hurricanes.<p></blockquote>
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Get a load of the weird tweet Donald Trump sent as our president, with a North Korea style message below.<p>
 They even used Copperplate for the crawl font.
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<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> intensifies - remember to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PlanAhead?src=hash">#PlanAhead</a>. <br>☑️<a href="https://t.co/FMdmvohypy">https://t.co/FMdmvohypy</a><br>☑️<a href="https://t.co/YL56ldeqoW">https://t.co/YL56ldeqoW</a> <br>☑️<a href="https://t.co/t1s4AL3B47">https://t.co/t1s4AL3B47</a> <a href="https://t.co/tpXmOK70ug">pic.twitter.com/tpXmOK70ug</a></p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/900802642779267077">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>



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The coming storm is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-harvey-nhc-idUSKCN1B409K?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social">affecting fuel prices</a> throughout the country.<p>


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<p>U.S. gasoline prices surged to a three-week high on Thursday as Hurricane Harvey moved across the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to strike the heart of the country's oil refining industry when it comes ashore in Texas this weekend.<img src="https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/212153.png?resize=897%2C738" alt="" width="897" height="738" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-543150" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/212153.png?w=897&amp;ssl=1 897w, https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/212153.png?resize=300%2C247&amp;ssl=1 300w, https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/212153.png?resize=600%2C494&amp;ssl=1 600w, https://i1.wp.com/media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/212153.png?resize=768%2C632&amp;ssl=1 768w" sizes="(max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px" data-recalc-dims="1" /><p></blockquote>
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Recent satellite and radar imagery, and photos from reporters in the area, below.<p>


<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The new FEMA director, appointed in June, is Brock Long - former director of Alabama emergency management. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/XNU6negHV0">https://t.co/XNU6negHV0</a> <a href="https://t.co/6Zn2apZktm">pic.twitter.com/6Zn2apZktm</a></p>&mdash; Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/900806323771764736">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here are the key messages for intensifying <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hurricane?src=hash">#Hurricane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> for the 4 pm CDT Advisory. <a href="https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb">https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb</a> <a href="https://t.co/bSm26T4hIK">pic.twitter.com/bSm26T4hIK</a></p>&mdash; NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/900831995474980865">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The central pressure of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> has fallen 29 mb in last 24 hours - the most rapid 24-hr deepening for Gulf of Mexico TC since Karl (2010) <a href="https://t.co/tz6qupt8nj">pic.twitter.com/tz6qupt8nj</a></p>&mdash; Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/900826549204770820">August 24, 2017</a>
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<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The current MSLP of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hurricane?src=hash">#Hurricane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> of 979 mb is the lowest for a Gulf of Mexico TC since Isaac (2012). <a href="https://t.co/Wil4xxHUnt">pic.twitter.com/Wil4xxHUnt</a></p>&mdash; Philip Klotzbach (@philklotzbach) <a href="https://twitter.com/philklotzbach/status/900816773284495361">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kroger in Galveston is stocking the shelves with water as quickly as people are buying it <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/mga4ooXZU3">pic.twitter.com/mga4ooXZU3</a></p>&mdash; Emily Foxhall (@emfoxhall) <a href="https://twitter.com/emfoxhall/status/900801647911292930">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Up to 35 inches of rain possible over SE <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Texas?src=hash">#Texas</a> through Wed &amp; could cause life-threatening flash flooding <a href="https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb">https://t.co/tW4KeGdBFb</a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/qak9ob9WE6">pic.twitter.com/qak9ob9WE6</a></p>&mdash; NHC Atlantic Ops (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href="https://twitter.com/NHC_Atlantic/status/900846299796439040">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>

<div class="oembed-container"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2015Z GOES-East visible satellite image of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hurricane?src=hash">#Hurricane</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> in the Gulf of Mexico along w/<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NHC?src=hash">#NHC</a> 4pm CDT graphical advisory information. <a href="https://t.co/ge1jlSs87O">pic.twitter.com/ge1jlSs87O</a></p>&mdash; NWS OPC (@NWSOPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSOPC/status/900827528146956291">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>


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