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style="font-size:30px;margin-bottom:10px;">Monstrous Hurricane Harvey poses biggest challenge for Trump</h1><div style="padding-bottom:20px;font-size:12px;display:block;">Big News Network.com | Saturday 26th August, 2017 | <span class='st_facebook' displayText='Facebook'></span><span class='st_twitter' displayText='Tweet' st_via="BigNewsNetwork"></span><span class='st_email' displayText='Email'></span><span class='st_sharethis' displayText='ShareThis'></span></div><img src="https://cdn.bignewsnetwork.com/cus1503708560.jpg" alt="Monstrous Hurricane Harvey poses biggest challenge for Trump" width="630px" itemprop="image"><br><p itemprop="articleBody">TEXAS, U.S. - Intensifying into a monstrous Category 4 storm, Hurricane Harvey is set to made a devastating landfall near Corpus Christi in Texas on Saturday morning.</p><p>As it swirled through the Gulf of Mexico to reach Texas, Hurricane Harvey was already looming large over the new president, who would be put through the first such test in his seven month tenure, that would test his abilities as commander-in-chief.&nbsp;</p><p>The storm, forecasters claim is on track to be the strongest hurricane to hit the U.S since 2005&rsquo;s Wilma.&nbsp;</p><p>Weather and government officials have issued stern warnings that Harvey is threatening to turn into a full-blown natural disaster, with catastrophic flooding, vicious winds up to 130 miles per hour and a storm surge that could reach 12 feet.</p><p>On Friday afternoon, as the outer bands of Harvey reached the South Texas coast, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) urged citizens to evacuate low-lying and coastal areas immediately.&nbsp;</p><p>Meanwhile, Corpus Christi city and county officials claimed they are ready for the worst.</p><p>Addressing a news conference, Mayor Joe McComb said, &ldquo;Game on. We&rsquo;re looking forward to having a very good positive result from this storm. We&rsquo;ll get through this, we&rsquo;ll be better for it because the community has been pulling together.&rdquo;</p><p>Residents meanwhile took to Twitter and Facebook to express their fears and reveal the true situation on group.</p><p>Reports said that as part of routine hurricane preparations, the town maintains a list of residents who need help in leaving.</p><p>Hurricane and storm-surge warnings have been issued in several hundred miles of the Texas Gulf Coast.&nbsp;</p><p>According to forecasters, Harvey is expected to stall over the coast and could even drift back out over open water, drawing fresh energy from the hot gulf waters before meandering ashore again closer to Galveston.</p><p>This would lead to historic amounts of rain and officials have said that flooding is likely in and around Houston.</p><p>In an advisory issued on Friday, the National Weather Service said, &ldquo;Small streams, creeks, canals, and ditches may become raging rivers. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed.&rdquo;</p><p>So far, as part of the preparations, the Texas Military Department has deployed about 700 members of the State Guard and National Guard around the coastal region as the storm moved in on Friday.&nbsp;</p><p>Black Hawk and Lakota helicopter crews were put on standby for search and rescue.</p><p>Further, the American Red Cross mobilized staffers from across the country.&nbsp;</p><p>According to the regional disaster officer for the Red Cross&rsquo;s National Capital Region in Washington, &ldquo;A hurricane in its own right is bad, but a hurricane with five to seven days worth of rain over the same area, I know it&rsquo;s going to be a significant disaster,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;This is your life. This is your family&rsquo;s life. This is not a time to gamble with both.&rdquo;</p><p>The Red Cross will be providing cleanup kits, health and mental health professionals, and spiritual-care workers to help residents cope after the storm, the officer said.</p><p>Local media reports stated that Governor Abbott had sent a written request to President Trump asking him to declare a major disaster&nbsp;in Texas.</p><p>In the request, Abbott reportedly wrote, &ldquo;The storm surge, coupled with the deluge of rain, could easily lead to billions of dollars of property damage and almost certainly loss of life. It is not hyperbole to say that if the forecast verifies, Texas is about to experience one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the state.&rdquo;</p><p>On Friday, White House officials said that such a declaration is under consideration and revealed that Trump was contemplating visiting Texas early next week.</p><p>Trump too sent out a tweet on Friday, in which he said he had spoken with the governors of Texas and Louisiana and was &ldquo;here to assist as needed.&rdquo;</p><p>On Twitter, Sen. Charles E. Grassley of Iowa (R) warned the president, &ldquo;Keep on top of hurricane Harvey don&rsquo;t make same mistake Pres Bush made w Katrina.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile, following retired Gen. John Kelly appointment to the White House, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Coast Guard is without a permanent leader in the face of a devastating storm.</p><p>Kelly&#39;s deputy, Elaine Duke, has since taken the helm as acting secretary.</p><p>On Thursday, the White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, commenting on Duke said in a statement, &quot;There&#39;s certainly someone at the helm. And again, I think that we are in great shape having General Kelly sitting next to the President throughout this process, and probably no better chief of staff for the president during the hurricane season. The President has been briefed and will continue to be updated as the storm progresses, and certainly something he&#39;s very aware of and will keep a very watchful eye on, and stands ready to provide resources if needed.&rdquo;</p></article><div class="article_options"> <div class="share_options"><strong>share this story</strong><div class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons"></div> <ul class="article_actions"><li><span class='st_facebook_large' displayText='Facebook'></span></li><li><span class='st_twitter_large' displayText='Tweet' st_via="BigNewsNetwork"></span></li><li><span class='st_linkedin_large' displayText='LinkedIn'></span></li><li><span class='st_googleplus_large' displayText='Google +'></span></li><li><span class='st_allvoices_large' displayText='Allvoices'></span></li><li><span class='st_blogger_large' displayText='Blogger'></span></li><li><span class='st_reddit_large' displayText='Reddit'></span></li><li><span class='st_baidu_large' displayText='Baidu'></span></li><li><span class='st_sina_large' displayText='Sina'></span></li><li><span class='st_email_large' displayText='Email'></span></li><li><span class='st_sharethis_large' displayText='ShareThis'></span></li> </ul><div class="comment_form"><div id="taboola-below-article-thumbnails"></div><script type="text/javascript"> window._taboola = window._taboola || []; 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