As Hurricane Harvey grows stronger, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for evacuations
Source: The Washington Post
By Tim Craig, Jason Samenow and Joel Achenbach August 25 at 2:45 PM
Breaking News:
Harvey has intensified into a Category 3 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center said.
The storm, plowing toward Southeast Texas, is set to become the first major hurricane, rated Category 3 or higher (on the 1-5 Saffir-Simpson intensity scale), to strike U.S. soil in 12 years.
Original story:
CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — Hurricane Harvey, packing 110 mile-per-hour winds, is on track to be the strongest hurricane to strike the United States in 12 years and to deliver a devastating combination of storm surge, wind and flooding to South Texas.
The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday night or Saturday morning near this city of 320,000 and then stall for several days, inundating the Gulf Coast with what forecasters predict will be “catastrophic flooding.”
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