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<p><time class="date date_article-header">Published time: 26 Aug, 2017 16:33 </time></p>
<p>        Emergency services are warning of “catastrophic flooding” across Texas as Hurricane Harvey continues to linger over the state.</p>
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<p>The National Hurricane Center has downgraded the storm from category 4 to category 1 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and it is expected to weaken to a tropical storm later on Saturday.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.rt.com/usa/400915-hurricane-harvey-texas-coast/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">READ MORE: Hurricane Harvey hammers Texas coast (LIVE UPDATES)</a></strong></p>
<p>Harvey made landfall Friday night and pummelled the southeast of Texas with heavy rain and 130mph winds. It is the most intense storm to hit the US in more than ten years.</p>
<p>Experts now fear it could linger over Texas for days and bring <em>“catastrophic flooding,”</em> with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saying that the hurricane is <em>&#8220;turning into a deadly inland event.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Tens of thousands of people have fled inland to escape the hurricane which has left nearly 300,000 people without electricity.</p>
<p>Photos and videos posted on social media captured the power of the weather event and the extent of the damage it has left in its wake.</p>
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<p>Even alligators are feeling the effects of the fallout with Harvey with Texas Parks &amp; Wildlife Department warning people that the reptiles are moving inland to avoid rising flood waters.</p>
<p>The conservation authority advised people that ‘gators often seek refuge under cars and on porches during bad weather.</p>
<p><em>“Alligators that show up on your property during flooding and heavy rain are not out seeking you for food or trying to be aggressive they are simple trying to deal with the weather like the rest of us. If weather is bad, please let them be as they will move when water goes down,”</em> the department’s Alligator Nuisance Control Hunters said on Facebook.</p>
<p>US President Donald Trump has said he&#8217;s <em>“closely monitoring”</em> the storm from Camp David. The real estate tycoon even struck an optimistic note on Twitter, saying <em>“so far, so good!”</em></p>
<p>Trump also directly responded to US Senator Chuck Grassley who warned him not to make the same mistake as the Bush administration did during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley">@ChuckGrassley</a> &#8211; got your message loud and clear. We have fantastic people on the ground, got there long before <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>. So far, so good!</p>
<p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901407059547226112">August 26, 2017</a></p></blockquote>
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