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The storm slammed into the Texas coast overnight on Friday with winds of up to 130mph, before being downgraded from a category four storm to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon.

Authorities do not yet know the full scope of the damage because weather conditions have prevented emergency crews from getting into the hardest-hit places, but many fear the death toll will rise.

The storm could linger for days, unloading more than 40 inches of rain on cities, including flood-prone Houston, America&amp;#39;s fourth-largest.
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The storm slammed into the Texas coast overnight on Friday with winds of up to 130mph, before being downgraded from a category four storm to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon.

Authorities do not yet know the full scope of the damage because weather conditions have prevented emergency crews from getting into the hardest-hit places, but many fear the death toll will rise.

The storm could linger for days, unloading more than 40 inches of rain on cities, including flood-prone Houston, America&amp;#39;s fourth-largest.
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  <p>Texans have been warned that &quot;catastrophic&quot; flooding and storm surges pose a fresh threat to life after Hurricane Harvey killed at least two people.</p>

<p>The storm slammed into the Texas coast overnight on Friday with winds of up to 130mph, before being downgraded from a category four storm to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon.</p>

<p>Authorities do not yet know the full scope of the damage because weather conditions have prevented emergency crews from getting into the hardest-hit places, but many fear the death toll will rise.</p>

<p>The storm could linger for days, unloading more than 40 inches of rain on cities, including flood-prone Houston, America&#39;s fourth-largest.</p>

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  <p>President Donald Trump has declared an official disaster in the area, with experts saying there is a risk of 12-foot storm surges and severe flooding.</p>

<p>Images from Texas showed buildings damaged, trailers tossed on their sides and trees downed by the force of the winds.</p>

<p>Some of the worst damage appeared to be in Rockport, a coastal city of about 10,000 that was directly in the storm&#39;s path.</p>

<p>Its mayor said Harvey hit his coastal community &quot;right on the nose&quot; and left &quot;widespread devastation&quot;.</p>

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  <p>One person was killed in Aransas County when in a fire at home during the storm, county judge Burt Mills said. A second person died in flooding in Harris County, where Houston is located.</p>

<p>Gary Norman, a spokesman for the Houston emergency operations centre, said the victim was a woman who appeared to have got out of her vehicle in high water. She was found by neighbours about 30 yards away.</p>

<p>Judge Mills also said as many as 14 people suffered minor injuries in his county, including slips and falls, scrapes and a broken leg.</p>

<p>The US Coast Guard rescued 20 people from boats and barges in distress and the Corpus Christi port was closed with extensive damage.</p>

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  <p>About 300,000 customers were without power across the state and governor Greg Abbott said it would probably be several days before electricity were restored.</p>

<p>Meanwhile, the storm was barely moving. Rainfall totals varied across the region, with Corpus Christi and Galveston receiving around 3ins, Houston 7ins and Aransas 10ins. Tiny Austwell had 15ins.</p>

<p>In Houston, authorities were pleading with people not to leave their homes as a flood emergency was declared.</p>

<p>&quot;The streets are treacherous,&quot; mayor Sylvester Turner said.</p>

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  <p>Some areas are already seeing flooding, with the National Hurricane Centre warning people against driving into standing water.</p>

<p>Forecasters are also predicting that the storm may meander into the Gulf of Mexico waters, pick up strength again and then turn back in for a potential second hit on what may be an already flooded Houston-Galveston area.</p>

<p>Coastal areas could be hit by a double whammy of inland flooding plus storm surges whipped up by the storm coming inland.</p>

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  <p>Some are predicting that in a worst case scenario the damage could be as bad as Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans.</p>

<p>&quot;I can&#39;t remember a storm that made landfall that was both very strong and very slow and not really even moving inland and it stalls along the coast,&quot; said University of Miami senior hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.</p>

<p>&quot;The Houston area and Corpus Christi are going to be a mess for a long time.&quot;</p>

<p>Francisco Sanchez of the Harris County Emergency Management Office said the storm would be around for a while.</p>

<p>&quot;Someone is going to get those very high rainfall totals,&quot; he said. &quot;Hopefully it&#39;s not us, but we&#39;re in that possibility area.&quot;</p>

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