PHOTOS: Southeast Texas Devastated By Harvey Floodwaters
A Galveston County official says Harvey has caused unprecedented flooding there and 800 to 1,200 residents have had to be rescued.
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A Galveston County official says Harvey has caused unprecedented flooding there and 800 to 1,200 residents have had to be rescued.
The most powerful hurricane in more than a decade continued to cause widespread destruction and drenching rain in southern Texas Sunday morning.
Houston CBS affiliate KHOU-TV was forced to evacuate its building Sunday morning as floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey seeped in.
The fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade made landfall Friday night about 30 miles northeast of Corpus Christi as a Category 4 storm with 130 mph winds. By midday Saturday was downgraded to a tropical storm.
The eye made landfall around 10 p.m. Friday about 30 mph east-northeast of Corpus Christi between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor, Texas, bringing with it 130 mph sustained winds and flooding rains.
The White House reacted to word Friday, that one of the president's top aides was on the brink of resigning.
Vice President for Emergency Response Garrett Ingoglia says requests for water and tetanus medicine have already arrived from the Gulf Coast.
A hurricane warning was in effect Thursday for much of the Texas coast, as Tropical Storm Harvey gained strength at the Gulf of Mexico.
