Hurricane Harvey Strengthens to Category 4, Hurtles Toward Texas [View all]
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BREAKING News
Hurricane Harvey
Aug 25 2017, 5:59 pm ET
by Phil McCausland, Daniel Arkin and Elizabeth Chuck
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Harvey strengthened to a major Category 4 hurricane Friday evening, roaring toward Texas in what was predicted to be the most powerful storm to hit the United States in more than a decade.
Thousands of residents had fled parts of coastal Texas and homeowners, businesses and government officials were scrambling ahead of what officials warned could be a life-threatening storm.
The National Weather Service said Harvey had the potential to batter the state with significant rain, 125-mph winds, 12-foot storm surges, and "catastrophic" flooding.
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