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<div class="postcard-mast mast"><div class="container"><div class="hgroup"><h1>The <strong>Presidential Daily Brief</strong></h1></div></div></div><div class="pdb-postcard container"><span class="pdb-stamp"></span><div class="section-heading"><h4 class="heading">important</h4></div><ol><li><article class="pdb-content"><div class="pdb-story"><div class="image"><img src="http://pictures.ozy.com/pictures/440x440/1/3/6/113136_Hurricane-Harvey-NWS-rainbow-image.jpg" alt="hurricane harvey nws rainbow image" /></div><h2>Hurricane Harvey Smashes Into Texas, Weakens</h2><p>It packed a punch. Hurricane Harvey made landfall late Friday near Corpus Christi with 130 mph winds — the first category 4 storm to hit Texas since since Hurricane Carla in 1961 and the strongest U.S. hurricane in 13 years. It reportedly blew roofs from houses while knocking out power for 300,000 customers, but by daybreak, with 80 mph winds, it was downgraded to a category 1 <a href="http://www.ozy.com/flashback/a-storm-more-violent-than-brexit/70329" target="_blank">storm</a>. Injury reports are filtering in, and weather officials warned that “catastrophic” flooding, “life-threatening” storm surges and even tornadoes could occur across the state.</p></div><div class="pdb-meta"><h3 class="short-title">Gulf Disaster</h3><div class="time-meta"><span class="important">important</span></div><div class="read-more"><span>Sources:</span><div class="tags"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-hurricane-harvey-20170826-story.html" target="_blank">LA Times</a>,
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