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		<h1 class="headline">Alice and Jim Wells County bracing for Hurricane Harvey</h1>
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					<span class="article-meta-date">Aug&nbsp;25,&nbsp;2017&nbsp;at&nbsp;6:17&nbsp;PM</span>
					<span class="article-meta-updated">Aug&nbsp;25,&nbsp;2017&nbsp;at&nbsp;6:36&nbsp;PM</span>
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			<p>Alice residents spent much of Friday scrambling to buy up any leftover plywood to finish bracing for what is describing as a dangerous storm.<br /><br />Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall new Rockport as early as 8 p.m. Friday. Alice and Jim Wells County are on the fringe of the hurricane&rsquo;s predicted path, according to meteorologists. <br /><br />Buildings throughout downtown Alice and much of the city were boarded up and doorways were covered by sandbags.<br /><br />Stores like H-E-B, CVS and Walgreens were closed Friday afternoon, as were most restaurants. Chicken Express was one of the last fast-food restaurants open, causing a like of traffic to its drive-thru on Main Street. <br /><br />Jim Wells County offered a warning to residents as the Coastal Bend began feeling the outer bands of the hurricane late in the afternoon. <br /><br />The county&rsquo;s announcement stated that winds and rains would continue to intensify late in the day.<br /><br />County officials urged residents to stay indoors and off roadways because of dangerous conditions. <br /><br />According to the National Weather Service, data from an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 120 mph with higher gusts.<br /><br />This is a dangerous hurricane with catastrophic impacts of high winds, storm surge and fresh-water flooding. <br /><br />Follow the Alice Echo-News Journal&rsquo;s Facebook page and the paper&rsquo;s website at www.alicetx.com for important announcements and information.</p>
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