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<p>Hurricane Harvey is moving across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, heading toward the coast of Texas, and strengthening as it goes.</p>
<p>U.S. meteorologists say the former tropical storm will be a major hurricane by the time it makes landfall late Friday. Peak winds are blowing close to 140 kilometers per hour, and they are expected to surpass 200 kph when the hurricane hits a 600-kilometer-wide swath of coastline.</p>
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<p>Harvey is expected to pour at least 50 centimeters of rain over a wide area of the Texas coast, with a deluge of up to 80 cm in some areas over the next three days.</p>
<p>The National Hurricane Center said &quot;life-threatening&quot; floods should be expected, along with storm surges.</p>
<p>Texans who live on the Gulf Coast have prepared for the storm with stacks of sandbags around particularly flood-prone areas. Residents crowded stores to buy water and other supplies to sustain them during what could be days of turmoil.</p>
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