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<ul id="breadcrumbs" class="total-1"><li class="crumb level-1 title"><h2><a href="/technology/environment">environment</a></h2></li></ul><h1 class="story-headline">Hurricane Harvey: Worst storm to hit US in a decade slams into Texas</h1><p class="intro">UPDATING: Blocked roads are preventing emergency services from reaching the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey’s enormous winds as a new threat emerges. </p><div id="story-info"><div class="author-info"><div class="name">Staff writers, AP</div></div><div class="other-info"><span class="source">News Corp Australia Network</span><span class="datestamp">August 26, 2017<span class="time">10:58pm</span></span></div></div><div id="story"><article><div class="w650 h366 image media primary"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/6f2a7c2bedb1bb0f66c91b0afd14ed68" width="650" height="366"></div><p class="caption">A map of the Texas Coast is projected on a screen as an emergency response co-ordinator warns of the approach of Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><p class="description">BLOCKED roads are preventing emergency services from reaching the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey’s enormous winds as a new threat emerges. </p><div class="story-content"><p class="standfirst-content">Harvey - a Category Four monster predicted to be the worst story system to hit the mainland US for a decade - made landfall about 1pm AEST.</p><p class="standfirst-content">The National Hurricane Center said the eye of the hurricane made landfall about 10pm local time about 48km east-northeast of Corpus Christi between Port Aransas and Port O&#x2019;Connor, Texas, bringing with it 215km/h sustained winds (gusting up to 270km/h) and flooding rains.</p><iframe width="650" height="450" src="https://embed.windy.com/embed2.html?lat=27.000&lon=-93.999&zoom=6&level=surface&overlay=wind&menu=&message=&marker=&forecast=12&calendar=now&location=coordinates&type=map&actualGrid=&metricWind=kt&metricTemp=%C2%B0C" frameborder="0"></iframe><p class="standfirst-content">As many as six million people were believed to be in Harvey&#x2019;s path, as is the heart of America&#x2019;s oil refining operations.</p><p class="standfirst-content">While it has since been downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 1 hurricane, it continues to hammer populated areas with strong winds and is dumping torrents of rain over hundreds of kilometres of coastline.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Scenes from downtown Corpus Christi at 6:30 a.m. Still very windy and rainy so don't go walking around. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stxwx?src=hash">#stxwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/harvey?src=hash">#harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/czpFhWFxYS">pic.twitter.com/czpFhWFxYS</a></p>— Julie Garcia 🍂 (@Caller_Jules) <a href="https://twitter.com/Caller_Jules/status/901410572591300608">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote>
</div><p class="standfirst-content">Forecasts now expect as much as 30 inches (.76 meters) of rain to fall by Wednesday, with some areas getting as much as 40 inches (1 meter), according to the hurricane center. Meanwhile, the storm surge could bring flooding of 6 to 12 feet (2 to 4 meters) to a coastal area that includes Matagorda Island and Port O&#x2019;Connor.</p><p class="standfirst-content">As dawn breaks over Texas, nearly 25cm of rain has already fallen in a few areas in southeastern districts.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's a look at rainfall totals over the next 5 days based on the projected stalling and slowing in speed of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/houwx?src=hash">#houwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/glswx?src=hash">#glswx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bcswx?src=hash">#bcswx</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dat3dZjsdi">pic.twitter.com/Dat3dZjsdi</a></p>— NWS Houston (@NWSHouston) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSHouston/status/901399414031429632">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">The town of Rockport appeared to be one of the hardest hit by Harvey&#x2019;s punch, hours after the mayor told anyone staying to gouge their names on their arms for identification in case of death or injury. Emergency servies from surrounding areas are reporting they are unable to reach Rockport because of damaged roads, flooding water, fallen trees and downed powerlines.</p>
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<p class="standfirst-content">The intense weather system is expected to linger over south-west Texas - trapped between two high pressure systems - for at least three days.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Want to see something incredible? Watch <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> transition from "remnants" to a Major Cat. 4 Hurricane in 72 hours. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrelimNonOperational?src=hash">#PrelimNonOperational</a> <a href="https://t.co/EvxSH1WgxW">pic.twitter.com/EvxSH1WgxW</a></p>— Cory Mottice (@EverythingWX) <a href="https://twitter.com/EverythingWX/status/901344799084687364">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Harvey&#x2019;s approach sent tens of thousands of residents fleeing inland, hoping to escape the wrath of a menacing storm that threatens not only the coast but a wide swath of Texas that is home to oil refineries, chemical plants and dangerously flood-prone Houston, the nation&#x2019;s fourth-largest city. No deaths were immediately confirmed in the hours after Harvey&#x2019;s arrival, but officials noted emergency crews couldn&#x2019;t get out in the dark in many places due to high winds and driving rain.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Debris scattered across streets of Corpus Christi, TX from Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> winds; <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgutmanABC">@mattgutmanABC</a> reports: <a href="https://t.co/FQm6BMrVYJ">https://t.co/FQm6BMrVYJ</a> <a href="https://t.co/fLY2GrfGnt">pic.twitter.com/fLY2GrfGnt</a></p>— Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/901378322080251904">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content"> <span class="h2"><b>TEXAS STARTS TO ASSESS DAMAGE</b></span></p><p class="standfirst-content">Emergency personnel in Aransas County, Texas, are assessing damage reports from Hurricane Harvey with dawn still several hours away.</p><p class="standfirst-content">So far most reports of damage have come from the city of Rockport, a coastal city of about 10,000 people that was directly in Harvey&#x2019;s path.</p><div class="facebook media"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F100007591350612%2Fvideos%2F1815045515425143%2F&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe></div><p class="standfirst-content">One woman <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007591350612&amp;fref=gs&amp;hc_ref=ARTpPet5MdyI9MN5kmcXWJtuWt_BOS8MUEDkidIqXHgM0hI31Gnsjf8wNg04hUNRnCw&amp;hc_location=group" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">has posted a video </a>of the heavy seas which she says sank the tugboat her husband was aboard off the coast of Rockport. He had earlier managed to contact her saying he and the crew of two tugboats had abandoned their vessel, and had lashed themselves to the barges they had been towing. They have not been heard of since.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Rockport Volunteer Fire Department spokeswoman Gillian Cox has told the Corpus Christi <i>Caller-Times</i> that the roof of Rockport&#x2019;s high school has partially caved in.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A few images of damage inside the eye of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> near Rockport, TX via WXChasing live stream <a href="https://t.co/tR0CKtbhqM">https://t.co/tR0CKtbhqM</a> <a href="https://t.co/eXNblUeUkR">pic.twitter.com/eXNblUeUkR</a></p>— 28storms.com (@28storms) <a href="https://twitter.com/28storms/status/901295415819198465">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Rockport City Manager Kevin Carruth tells the newspaper that the courthouse in the city about 48 kilometers northeast of Corpus Christi also has sustained major damage. Carruth says that a cargo trailer is halfway in the building.</p><p class="standfirst-content">He says 10 people have been taken to the county&#x2019;s jail for assessment and treatment after the roof of a senior housing complex collapsed. Rockport&#x2019;s historic downtown area also has seen heavy damage, he says.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rockport, Texas fire chief on Hurricane <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a>: Starting to see "a lot of fairly severe" damage. <a href="https://t.co/KVM0CgEO5F">https://t.co/KVM0CgEO5F</a> <a href="https://t.co/ggM9vEMkEo">pic.twitter.com/ggM9vEMkEo</a></p>— ABC News (@ABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC/status/901328520634290176">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Volunteer Fire Department Chief Steve Sims says there are about 15 volunteer firefighters hunkered down at the city&#x2019;s fire station waiting for conditions to improve enough for their vehicles to safely travel and to assess the damage to the city of about 10,000 people.</p><p class="standfirst-content">&#x201C;There&#x2019;s nothing we can do at this moment. We are anxious to get out there and make assessments, but we&#x2019;re hunkered down for now,&#x201D; he said.</p><p class="standfirst-content">&#x201C;We&#x2019;ve heard rumours of 1000 different things, we can&#x2019;t confirm anything because we haven&#x2019;t seen anything. We know we&#x2019;ve got a lot of problems, but we don&#x2019;t know what yet.&#x201D; Sims said power, internet and most mobile phone service was out in the town where about two-thirds of people evacuated.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Hurricane is no joke. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/justthebeginning?src=hash">#justthebeginning</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/CwtyRL6Rl7">pic.twitter.com/CwtyRL6Rl7</a></p>— Ryan (@ryan_keith35) <a href="https://twitter.com/ryan_keith35/status/901204692289544192">August 25, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Officials about 16 kilometers away in Aransas Pass say the Harbor Master Building along its coast has been destroyed. The Aransas Pass Police Department posted a video on its Facebook page of the building folding up from the high speed winds.</p><p class="standfirst-content">In Corpus Christi, the major city closest to the storm&#x2019;s center, wind whipped palm trees and stinging sheets of horizontal rain slapped against hotels and office buildings along the city&#x2019;s seawall as the storm made landfall.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WOW damage just outside our hotel, huge tree blocking our live truck, the dish is completely off our truck. Downed power pole & debris <a href="https://t.co/WctXgfUU3f">pic.twitter.com/WctXgfUU3f</a></p>— Briana Whitney (@BrianaWhitney) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrianaWhitney/status/901383914517909505">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Melissa Munguia, deputy emergency management coordinator in Nueces County, which includes Corpus Christi, said that it could be hours before crews could fully assess the damage in coastal communities.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Some 200,000 people are without power in Corpus Christi and surrounding areas.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Meanwhile, the US Coast Guard has pulled 12 people off a tugboat via helicopter under extreme wind north of Port Aransas after the vessel lost power.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> is forecast to meander over the region, with life-threatening, catastrophic flooding expected through Tuesday. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/txwx?src=hash">#txwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ccwx?src=hash">#ccwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/stxwx?src=hash">#stxwx</a> <a href="https://t.co/MO6XEIGoY5">pic.twitter.com/MO6XEIGoY5</a></p>— NWS Corpus Christi (@NWSCorpus) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSCorpus/status/901327076267089920">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content"> <span class="h2"><b>STORM WARNING</b></span></p><p class="standfirst-content">Hundreds of thousands of people on the US Gulf Coast were urged to flee the path of the storm. Patrick Rios, the mayor pro term in the coastal town of rockport said residents who chose to stay should write their Social Security numbers on their arms.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Harvey was upgraded to a Category four system about three and a half hours before it made landfall.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">At the request of the Governor of Texas, I have signed the Disaster Proclamation, which unleashes the full force of government help!</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901259509632573440">August 26, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/ca108c6ee2b768eecbb2710d9a0d43ad" width="650" height="488" alt="A sign blows in the wind after being partially torn from its frame in Corpus Christi, Texas. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP"></div><p class="caption">A sign blows in the wind after being partially torn from its frame in Corpus Christi, Texas. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/390d63f2d0504bd1a4061ffbce26acb7" width="650" height="488" alt="A motorist drives through heavy rain before Harvey hits Corpus Christi. Picture: AFP / Marlk Ralston"></div><p class="caption">A motorist drives through heavy rain before Harvey hits Corpus Christi. Picture: AFP / Marlk Ralston<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/457794250d730393a6052d999544e42e" width="650" height="488" alt="A power generator tips in front of Texas' Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi. Picture: Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP"></div><p class="caption">A power generator tips in front of Texas' Christus Spohn Hospital in Corpus Christi. Picture: Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times via AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/80fb06215e4f263c85b77a852ce1556f" width="650" height="488" alt="Strong winds batter seaside houses on the Texas coast. Picture: AFP / Marlk Ralston"></div><p class="caption">Strong winds batter seaside houses on the Texas coast. Picture: AFP / Marlk Ralston<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p class="standfirst-content">Earlier, Mr Trump said on Twitter he&#x2019;s encouraging &#x201C;everyone in the path of HurricaneHarvey to heed the advice &amp; orders of their local and state officials.&#x201D;</p><p class="standfirst-content">His tweet included a link with more information on the storm.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/c0ae6d88bb597edfabef686845e7ff91" width="650" height="488" alt="This NASA image from August 25, 2017, taken by NASA astronaut Jack Fischer shows Hurricane Harvey from the cupola module aboard the International Space Station. Picture: AFP/NASA"></div><p class="caption">This NASA image from August 25, 2017, taken by NASA astronaut Jack Fischer shows Hurricane Harvey from the cupola module aboard the International Space Station. Picture: AFP/NASA<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/805d36b56556ea895f28b34aeb4c73b5" width="650" height="488" alt="Waves pound the shore from approaching Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP"></div><p class="caption">Waves pound the shore from approaching Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas. Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AFP</em></span></p></div><p class="standfirst-content">Mr Trump was briefed on the storm earlier in the day and was expected to monitor Harvey during the weekend at Camp David.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Texas Governor Greg Abbott suggested people in Houston should head north, but Judge Ed Emmett, the top elected official of Harris County (which includes Houston and many of its suburbs) said he wouldn&#x2019;t call for an evacuation.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Mr Abbott warned that Harvey was &#x201C;turning into a very complex and dangerous hurricane.&#x201D;</p><p class="standfirst-content">&#x201C;We can obviously tell already at this stage this is going to be a very major disaster,&#x201D; he said.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Officials said rain could inundate Houston roads and neighborhoods as early as Saturday night.</p><p class="standfirst-content">The USA&#x2019;s fourth biggest city, Houston is notoriously flood-prone and forecast to receive steady rain for several days into next week.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/3d0c555bbe1fe15156fa69c1d1d43e65" width="650" height="488" alt="Corpus Christi firefighters help an elderly woman walk to a bus headed for San Antonio at an evacuation center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday. Picture: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP"></div><p class="caption">Corpus Christi firefighters help an elderly woman walk to a bus headed for San Antonio at an evacuation center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday. Picture: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><p class="standfirst-content">Mr Abbott told reporters he had requested Mr Trump to make the disaster declaration in order to &#x201C;trigger additional help and assistance from the federal government.&#x201D;</p><p class="standfirst-content">He expressed concern that not as many people were evacuating compared with previous storms as Harvey bore down on the state.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Received a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> briefing this morning from Acting <a href="https://twitter.com/DHSgov">@DHSgov</a> Secretary Elaine Duke, <a href="https://twitter.com/FEMA_Brock">@FEMA_Brock</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/TomBossert45">@TomBossert45</a> and COS John Kelly. <a href="https://t.co/cnkRZd6D6Z">pic.twitter.com/cnkRZd6D6Z</a></p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901112569322237952">August 25, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have spoken w/ <a href="https://twitter.com/GovAbbott">@GovAbbott</a> of Texas and <a href="https://twitter.com/LouisianaGov">@LouisianaGov</a> Edwards. Closely monitoring <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> developments & here to assist as needed.</p>— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/901108572041433089">August 25, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">The US Weather Service <a href="http://www.weather.gov/srh/tropical?office=hgx#hti" target="_blank">warned residents of Houston and Galveston </a>to &#x201C;prepare for life threatening rainfall flooding ... Small streams, creeks, canals, and ditches may become dangerous rivers. Flood control systems and barriers may become stressed.&#x201D;</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/15bd515e0d6886b9ae8101da626f4a62" width="650" height="488" alt="A shuttered local business has a sign for Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP Photo/Eric Gay"></div><p class="caption">A shuttered local business has a sign for Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP Photo/Eric Gay<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/098dcd881bad5c17be6f3c5db16fb84b" width="650" height="488" alt="Residents wait inside the Corpus Christi Natatorium to board a bus to evacuate to San Antonio. Picture: Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times"></div><p class="caption">Residents wait inside the Corpus Christi Natatorium to board a bus to evacuate to San Antonio. Picture: Courtney Sacco /Corpus Christi Caller-Times<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/8e3b4e3367f8151fd513e9f5639c1739" width="650" height="488" alt="Jim Gilbert boards up a window at his home in Magnolia. He and his wife plan to stay through Hurricane Harvey and watch the storm. Picture: Ana Ramirez/The Victoria Advocate via AP"></div><p class="caption">Jim Gilbert boards up a window at his home in Magnolia. He and his wife plan to stay through Hurricane Harvey and watch the storm. Picture: Ana Ramirez/The Victoria Advocate via AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/18b7e01b38cdafbee8ec5155488f5f1e" width="650" height="488" alt="Shoppers pass empty shelves along the bottled water isle in a Houston grocery store. Picture: David J. Phillip"></div><p class="caption">Shoppers pass empty shelves along the bottled water isle in a Houston grocery store. Picture: David J. Phillip<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Wow. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HurricaneHarvey?src=hash">#HurricaneHarvey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/UI6qOe2kxB">pic.twitter.com/UI6qOe2kxB</a></p>— Michael Lowry (@MichaelRLowry) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelRLowry/status/900854270693695489">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Major Hurricane Harvey will bring devastating and life-threatening storm surge, flooding and extreme rain to the western Gulf Coast <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/O4jvwVpy3H">pic.twitter.com/O4jvwVpy3H</a></p>— NWS WPC (@NWSWPC) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWSWPC/status/900857844358148096">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content"> <span class="h2"><b>TEXANS PREPARE FOR THE WORST</b></span></p><p class="standfirst-content">In the day leading up to Harvey&#x2019;s landfall, local television footage showed supermarket aisles plucked bare, highways clogged with bumper-to-bumper traffic, and long lines snaking outside gas stations as the country&#x2019;s top emergency official urged coastal dwellers to get to safety.</p><p class="standfirst-content">&#x201C;Texas is about to have a very significant disaster,&#x201D; Brock Long, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), told CNN. &#x201C;Their window to evacuate is rapidly coming to a close,&#x201D; he said.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The scene outside an H-E-B store in Corpus Christi this morning. Last minute prep for the arrival of Hurricane Harvey (Pics: <a href="https://twitter.com/kiii3news">@kiii3news</a>) <a href="https://t.co/XFilLQBMux">pic.twitter.com/XFilLQBMux</a></p>— Doug Delony (@DougDelonyKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/DougDelonyKHOU/status/901065688315461633">August 25, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Corpus Christi - a major oil refining center - issued voluntary evacuation orders, while the evacuation was made mandatory in the nearby coastal hamlets of Port Arkansas and Arkansas Pass.</p><p class="standfirst-content">&#x201C;For anyone who has not already evacuated, please hurry to do so,&#x201D; the city of Portland, Texas warned on its website in capital letters.</p><div class="twitter media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wow! Gotta move fast if you want water! This is at a Fiesta on 45N. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Khou11?src=hash">#Khou11</a> WATCH THIS <a href="https://t.co/U4x2bsqVAQ">pic.twitter.com/U4x2bsqVAQ</a></p>— Melissa Correa (@MCorreaKHOU) <a href="https://twitter.com/MCorreaKHOU/status/900831534655184896">August 24, 2017</a></blockquote> </div><p class="standfirst-content">Many residents were bent on sitting the storm out, however, like in Corpus Christi where people were seen packing sandbags to protect their homes from flooding.</p><p class="standfirst-content">Social media video showed shoppers scrambling to stock up on a dwindling supply of water bottles.</p><div class="w650 h488 image media"><div class="image-wrapper"><img src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/5ac9f960bacb69bfe0546b9dd92f2199" width="650" height="488" alt="Brownsville, Texas: residents prepare for Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP"></div><p class="caption">Brownsville, Texas: residents prepare for Hurricane Harvey. Picture: AP<span class="image-source"><em>Source:AP</em></span></p></div></div>
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