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.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active{background-color:#dc002e !important;}
.block-title,
.td_block_template_1 .td-related-title,
.wpb_tabs .wpb_tabs_nav,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container,
.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs:before{border-color:#dc002e;}
.td_block_wrap .td-subcat-item a.td-cur-simple-item{color:#dc002e;}
.td-grid-style-4 .entry-title{background-color:rgba(220, 0, 46, 0.7);}
.block-title > span,
.block-title > span > a,
.block-title > a,
.block-title > label,
.widgettitle,
.widgettitle:after,
.td-trending-now-title,
.td-trending-now-wrapper:hover .td-trending-now-title,
.wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a,
.wpb_tabs li:hover a,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab.vc_active > a,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab:hover > a,
.td_block_template_1 .td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
.woocommerce .product .products h2:not(.woocommerce-loop-product__title),
.td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-dropdown:hover .td-subcat-more,
.td-weather-information:before,
.td-weather-week:before,
.td_block_exchange .td-exchange-header:before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_3 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_4 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_7 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_9 .td-block-title:after,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_10 .td-block-title::before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_11 .td-block-title::before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_11 .td-block-title::after,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title:before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_17 .td-block-title:before{background-color:#ff2654;}
.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active{background-color:#ff2654 !important;}
.block-title,
.td_block_template_1 .td-related-title,
.wpb_tabs .wpb_tabs_nav,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container,
.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs:before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_5 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_17 .td-block-title,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_17 .td-block-title::before{border-color:#ff2654;}
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_4 .td-block-title > *:before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_17 .td-block-title::after{border-color:#ff2654 transparent transparent transparent;}
.td-theme-wrap .block-title > span,
.td-theme-wrap .block-title > span > a,
.td-theme-wrap .widget_rss .block-title .rsswidget,
.td-theme-wrap .block-title > a,
.widgettitle,
.widgettitle > a,
.td-trending-now-title,
.wpb_tabs li.ui-tabs-active a,
.wpb_tabs li:hover a,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab.vc_active > a,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab:hover > a,
.td-related-title .td-cur-simple-item,
.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li.active,
.woocommerce .product .products h2:not(.woocommerce-loop-product__title),
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_2 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_3 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_4 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_5 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_6 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_6 .td-block-title:before,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_7 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_8 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_9 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_10 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_11 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_12 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_13 .td-block-title > span,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_13 .td-block-title > a,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option i,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option:hover,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_14 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option:hover i,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_15 .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter i,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_16 .td-block-title > *,
.td-theme-wrap .td_block_template_17 .td-block-title > *{color:#dc002e;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full,
.td-header-wrap .top-header-menu .sub-menu{background-color:#dc002e;}
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu-full{background-color:transparent;}
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu-full .td-header-top-menu{background-color:#dc002e;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full .td-header-top-menu,
.td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full{border-bottom:none;}
.td-header-top-menu,
.td-header-top-menu a,
.td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full .td-header-top-menu,
.td-header-wrap .td-header-top-menu-full a,
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu,
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu a,
.td-header-top-menu .td-drop-down-search .entry-title a{color:#ffffff;}
.top-header-menu .current-menu-item > a,
.top-header-menu .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.top-header-menu .current-category-ancestor > a,
.top-header-menu li a:hover,
.td-header-sp-top-widget .td-icon-search:hover{color:#ffffff;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-sp-top-widget .td-icon-font{color:#ffffff;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-menu-wrap-full,
.td-header-menu-wrap.td-affix,
.td-header-style-3 .td-header-main-menu,
.td-header-style-3 .td-affix .td-header-main-menu,
.td-header-style-4 .td-header-main-menu,
.td-header-style-4 .td-affix .td-header-main-menu,
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-menu-wrap.td-affix,
.td-header-style-8 .td-header-top-menu-full{background-color:#d10029;}
.td-boxed-layout .td-header-style-3 .td-header-menu-wrap,
.td-boxed-layout .td-header-style-4 .td-header-menu-wrap,
.td-header-style-3 .td_stretch_content .td-header-menu-wrap,
.td-header-style-4 .td_stretch_content .td-header-menu-wrap{background-color:#d10029 !important;}
@media (min-width: 1019px) {
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-recs,
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-logo{margin-bottom:28px;}
}
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1018px) {
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-recs,
.td-header-style-1 .td-header-sp-logo{margin-bottom:14px;}
}
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-top-menu{border-bottom:none;}
.sf-menu > .current-menu-item > a:after,
.sf-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a:after,
.sf-menu > .current-category-ancestor > a:after,
.sf-menu > li:hover > a:after,
.sf-menu > .sfHover > a:after,
.td_block_mega_menu .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover,
.td-mega-span .td-post-category:hover,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > li > a:hover,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .sfHover > a,
.header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search:after,
.header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search .btn:hover,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-menu-item > a,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.td-header-wrap .black-menu .sf-menu > .current-category-ancestor > a{background-color:#ff486c;}
.td_block_mega_menu .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover{border-color:#ff486c;}
.header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search:before{border-color:transparent transparent #ff486c transparent;}
.td_mega_menu_sub_cats .cur-sub-cat,
.td_mod_mega_menu:hover .entry-title a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .td-menu-item > a:hover,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .sfHover > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-category-ancestor > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu ul .current-menu-item > a{color:#ff486c;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-menu-wrap .sf-menu > li > a,
.td-header-wrap .td-header-menu-social .td-social-icon-wrap a,
.td-header-style-4 .td-header-menu-social .td-social-icon-wrap i,
.td-header-style-5 .td-header-menu-social .td-social-icon-wrap i,
.td-header-style-6 .td-header-menu-social .td-social-icon-wrap i,
.td-header-style-12 .td-header-menu-social .td-social-icon-wrap i,
.td-header-wrap .header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search{color:#ffffff;}
.td-header-wrap .td-header-menu-social + .td-search-wrapper #td-header-search-button:before{background-color:#ffffff;}
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-normal-menu .td-menu-item > a:hover,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-normal-menu .sfHover > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-normal-menu .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-normal-menu .current-category-ancestor > a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-normal-menu .current-menu-item > a{color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .td_mod_mega_menu:hover .entry-title a,
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td_mega_menu_sub_cats .cur-sub-cat{color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .sf-menu .td-mega-menu .td-post-category:hover,
.td-theme-wrap .td-mega-menu .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover{background-color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .td-mega-menu .td-next-prev-wrap a:hover{border-color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search .btn{background-color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search .btn:hover{background-color:#ef0033;}
.td-theme-wrap .td-aj-search-results .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a,
.td-theme-wrap .header-search-wrap .result-msg a:hover{color:#ef0033 !important;}
@media (max-width: 767px) {
body .td-header-wrap .td-header-main-menu{background-color:#d10029 !important;}
}
.td-menu-background:before,
.td-search-background:before{background:#c6556e;background:-moz-linear-gradient(top, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:-webkit-gradient(left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #c6556e), color-stop(100%, #ff1949));background:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:-o-linear-gradient(top, #c6556e 0%, @mobileu_gradient_two_mob 100%);background:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:linear-gradient(to bottom, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#c6556e', endColorstr='#ff1949', GradientType=0 );}
.td-mobile-content .current-menu-item > a,
.td-mobile-content .current-menu-ancestor > a,
.td-mobile-content .current-category-ancestor > a,
#td-mobile-nav .td-menu-login-section a:hover,
#td-mobile-nav .td-register-section a:hover,
#td-mobile-nav .td-menu-socials-wrap a:hover i,
.td-search-close a:hover i{color:#ef0033;}
#td-mobile-nav .td-register-section .td-login-button,
.td-search-wrap-mob .result-msg a{color:#ff1949;}
.mfp-content .td-login-button:active,
.mfp-content .td-login-button:hover{background-color:#ff2654;}
.mfp-content .td-login-button:active,
.mfp-content .td-login-button:hover{color:#ffffff;}
.white-popup-block:after{background:#c6556e;background:-moz-linear-gradient(45deg, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:-webkit-gradient(left bottom, right top, color-stop(0%, #c6556e), color-stop(100%, #ff1949));background:-webkit-linear-gradient(45deg, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:-o-linear-gradient(45deg, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:-ms-linear-gradient(45deg, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);background:linear-gradient(45deg, #c6556e 0%, #ff1949 100%);filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#c6556e', endColorstr='#ff1949', GradientType=0 );}
.td-banner-wrap-full,
.td-header-style-11 .td-logo-wrap-full{background-color:#dc002e;}
.td-header-style-11 .td-logo-wrap-full{border-bottom:0;}
@media (min-width: 1019px) {
.td-header-style-2 .td-header-sp-recs,
.td-header-style-5 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-5 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-6 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-6 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-7 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-7 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-8 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-8 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-12 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-12 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle{margin-bottom:24px !important;}
}
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1018px) {
.td-header-style-2 .td-header-sp-recs,
.td-header-style-5 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-5 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-6 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-6 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-7 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-7 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-8 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-8 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle,
.td-header-style-12 .td-a-rec-id-header > div,
.td-header-style-12 .td-g-rec-id-header > .adsbygoogle{margin-bottom:14px !important;}
}
.td-sub-footer-container{background-color:#333333;}
.td-sub-footer-container,
.td-subfooter-menu li a{color:#ffffff;}
.td-subfooter-menu li a:hover{color:#ff2654;}
.td-module-meta-info .td-post-author-name a{color:#d10029;}
.td-footer-wrapper::before{background-image:url('https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/today_footer_bg.jpg');}
.td-footer-wrapper::before{background-size:cover;}
.td-footer-wrapper::before{background-position:center center;}
.td-footer-wrapper::before{opacity:0.15;}
.td-menu-background,
.td-search-background{background-image:url('https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/today_footer_bg.jpg');}
.white-popup-block:before{background-image:url('https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/today_footer_bg.jpg');}
.top-header-menu > li > a,
.td-weather-top-widget .td-weather-now .td-big-degrees,
.td-weather-top-widget .td-weather-header .td-weather-city,
.td-header-sp-top-menu .td_data_time{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";font-size:14px;line-height:36px;text-transform:lowercase;}
.top-header-menu .menu-item-has-children li a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
ul.sf-menu > .td-menu-item > a,
.td-theme-wrap .td-header-menu-social{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";font-size:16px;line-height:36px;font-weight:600;text-transform:lowercase;}
.sf-menu ul .td-menu-item a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td_mod_mega_menu .item-details a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td_mega_menu_sub_cats .block-mega-child-cats a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.block-title > span,
.block-title > a,
.widgettitle,
.td-trending-now-title,
.wpb_tabs li a,
.vc_tta-container .vc_tta-color-grey.vc_tta-tabs-position-top.vc_tta-style-classic .vc_tta-tabs-container .vc_tta-tab > a,
.td-theme-wrap .td-related-title a,
.woocommerce div.product .woocommerce-tabs ul.tabs li a,
.woocommerce .product .products h2:not(.woocommerce-loop-product__title),
.td-theme-wrap .td-block-title{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";font-size:22px;line-height:24px;font-weight:900;text-transform:lowercase;}
.td-theme-wrap .td-subcat-filter,
.td-theme-wrap .td-subcat-filter .td-subcat-dropdown,
.td-theme-wrap .td-block-title-wrap .td-wrapper-pulldown-filter .td-pulldown-filter-display-option,
.td-theme-wrap .td-pulldown-category{line-height:24px;}
.td_block_template_1 .block-title > *{padding-bottom:0;padding-top:0;}
.td-big-grid-meta .td-post-category,
.td_module_wrap .td-post-category,
.td-module-image .td-post-category{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";font-weight:normal;text-transform:capitalize;}
.td_module_wrap .td-module-title{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td_block_trending_now .entry-title a,
.td-theme-slider .td-module-title a,
.td-big-grid-post .entry-title{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td_module_mx17 .td-module-title a{line-height:35px;}
.post blockquote p,
.page blockquote p,
.td-post-text-content blockquote p{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";font-size:27px;text-transform:lowercase;}
.post .td_quote_box p,
.page .td_quote_box p{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.post .td-post-next-prev-content a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td_block_related_posts .entry-title a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.footer-text-wrap{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td-sub-footer-copy{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.td-sub-footer-menu ul li a{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
.page-nav a,
.page-nav span{font-family:"Merriweather Sans";}
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.top-header-menu > li,
.td-header-sp-top-menu,
#td-outer-wrap .td-header-sp-top-widget{line-height:36px;}
@media (min-width: 768px) {
.td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo img,
.td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo img,
.td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo img,
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo img,
.td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo img{max-height:36px;}
.td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo,
.td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo,
.td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo,
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo,
.td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo{height:36px;}
.td-header-style-4 .td-main-menu-logo a,
.td-header-style-5 .td-main-menu-logo a,
.td-header-style-6 .td-main-menu-logo a,
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo a,
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-sp-logo img,
.td-header-style-7 .header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search,
.td-header-style-12 .td-main-menu-logo a,
.td-header-style-12 .td-header-menu-wrap .sf-menu > li > a{line-height:36px;}
.td-header-style-7 .sf-menu,
.td-header-style-7 .td-header-menu-social{margin-top:0;}
.td-header-style-7 #td-top-search{top:0;bottom:0;}
.header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search,
.header-search-wrap #td-header-search-button .td-icon-search:before{line-height:36px;}
}
.td-business .td_block_weather .td-weather-city,
.td-business .td_module_mx1 .td-module-meta-info .td-post-category,
.td-business .td-post-views *,
.td-business .td-post-comments a,
.td-business.home .td-business-home-row .td_block_15 .td_module_mx4 .td-module-image .td-post-category,
.td-business.home .td-business-home-row .td_block_15 .td_module_mx4 .entry-title:hover a,
.td-business.home .td-category-header .td-pulldown-category-filter-link:hover{color:#dc002e;}
.td-business .td_module_19 .td-read-more a,
.td-business .td-category-header .td-pulldown-filter-display-option,
.td-business .td-category-header .td-pulldown-filter-list,
.td-business.home .td-pb-article-list .td_module_1 .td-post-category,
.td-business .td-header-style-1 .header-search-wrap .td-drop-down-search .btn,
.td-business .td-category a{background-color:#dc002e;}
.td-business.home .td-business-home-row .td-business-demo-js-date-today{color:#dc002e;}
.td-business .td-footer-template-3 .footer-text-wrap .footer-email-wrap a,
.td-business .td-footer-template-3 .td_module_wrap:hover .entry-title a,
.td-business .td-footer-template-3 .widget a:hover{color:#ff2654;}</style>
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<div class="td-module-meta-info"> <div class="td-post-author-name"><div class="td-author-by">By</div><a href="https://www.today.ng/author/editor">Agencies</a><div class="td-author-line"> -</div></div><span class="td-post-date td-post-date-no-dot"><time class="entry-date updated td-module-date" datetime="2017-08-26T08:48:56+00:00">August 26, 2017</time></span></div></header></div></div></div><div class="td-pb-row"> <div class="td-pb-span8 td-main-content" role="main"> <div class="td-ss-main-content"> <div class="td-post-content"> <div class="td-post-featured-image"><figure><img width="696" height="392" class="entry-thumb" src="https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1-696x392.jpg" srcset="https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1-696x392.jpg 696w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1-747x420.jpg 747w, https://www.today.ng/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Hurricane-Harvey-1.jpg 700w" sizes="(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px" alt="" title="Hurricane Harvey" /><figcaption class="wp-caption-text">Joe Raedl/Getty Images/AFP</figcaption></figure></div><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><div class="td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_top td_uid_43_5a82b0b619b91_rand td_block_template_11">
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}</script></div><p>A mammoth storm off the coast of Texas strenghtened to a category four hurricane on Friday as the US state and surrounding areas braced for what officials warned would be a &#8220;major disaster&#8221;.</p>
<p>Hurricane Harvey is expected to be the most powerful to hit the US mainland since 2005.</p>
<p>Texas Governor Greg Abbott asked President Donald Trump to preemptively declare Harvey a &#8220;major disaster&#8221; in order to speed federal assistance, issuing disaster declarations for 30 counties.</p>
<p>&#8220;We can obviously tell already at this stage this is going to be a very major disaster,&#8221; Abbot said, as more than 1,000 National Guardsmen were activated.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re going to be dealing with really record-setting flooding in multiple regions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Forecasters said Harvey could hit land near Corpus Christi, a major oil hub, around 8:00pm local time (01:00 GMT) on Friday. Other estimates say the storm may hit land early on Saturday morning.</p>
<p>As of 1900 GMT, it was located about 120km east-southeast of Corpus Christi and was moving at 16km per hour. Coastal water levels were already rising.</p>
<p>Highways leading from coastal areas were jammed as authorities issued urgent warnings to hundreds of thousands of residents to flee. Some highways were to be turned into one-way roads to speed the exodus from the storm zone.</p>
<p>Harvey, the first major storm of the annual Atlantic hurricane season, was packing maximum sustained winds of 195km per hour.</p>
<p>The storm is expected to dump up to 89cm of rain over a four or five-day period in parts of Texas.</p>
<p><strong>Major test for Trump</strong></p>
<p>Satellite images showed the massive storm system extending hundreds of kilometres into the Gulf of Mexico.</p>
<p>It is forecast to be the most powerful hurricane to hit the mainland since Wilma struck Florida in 2005, and could inflict billions of dollars in damage.</p>
<p>Before Wilma, Hurricane Katrina pummelled New Orleans in the same year, leaving more than 1,800 people dead and becoming a major failure of the presidency of George W Bush.</p>
<p>The arrival of Harvey is likely to be a major test for the President Donald Trump, who the White House said would head to the affected region early next week.</p>
<p>Officials said Trump was being briefed regularly on the storm and had spoken to Texas and Louisiana governors.</p>
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}</script></div></div></div><p>&#8220;I encourage everyone in the path of #HurricaneHarvey to heed the advice &#038; orders of their local and state officials,&#8221; Trump tweeted on Friday. </p>
<p>&#8220;This storm will likely be very destructive for several days,&#8221; the White House added in a statement.</p>
<p><strong>&#8216;Just terrifying&#8217;</strong></p>
<p>Before the storm hit, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), prepositioned emergency supplies.</p>
<p>In 2005, Bush faced severe criticism after FEMA appeared unprepared for the devastating damage inflicted by Hurricane Katrina.</p>
<p>&#8220;Keep on top of hurricane Harvey don&#8217;t make same mistake President Bush made with Katrina,&#8221; Republican Senator Chuck Grassley urged the Trump in a tweet.</p>
<p>FEMA chief Brock Long said the most pressing danger was the storm surge, the high tides powered by powerful winds &#8211; expected to reach between 1.8 metres and 3.6 metres in some areas &#8211; but said many inland counties should prepare for &#8220;significant&#8221; flooding.</p>
<p>Meteorologist Eric Holthaus told AFP news agency that the prospect of the storm stalling on the coast, lashing it with heavy rain for days, &#8220;is just terrifying&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is the sort of storm that meteorologists prepare for and think about for years,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Coastal Texas is a fast-growing area, with some 1.5 million people moving into the area since 1999.</p>
<p>Authorities said the combination of dense growth and perhaps a year&#8217;s worth of rain falling in just days could prove deadly. </p>
<p>Local television footage showed supermarket aisles plucked bare, houses and shops with windows boarded over, and long lines snaking outside gas stations.</p>
<p>Those who had evacuated said they were &#8220;just trying to get ahead of the storm&#8221;.</p>
<p>&#8220;It has been pretty stressful,&#8221; Corpus Christi resident Corey Martinez told Reuters news agency at a gas station about 77km north of Houston.</p>
<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just trying to get ahead of the storm. We&#8217;ve never been through a hurricane before,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>David Ramirez, another Corpus Christi resident, left his home early on Friday to wait out the storm in San Antonio, Texas.</p>
<p>&#8220;With the level of storm surge they&#8217;re talking about, there isn&#8217;t a lot I could do to protect my house,&#8221; Ramirez said.</p>
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