Texas in direct path of suddenly intensifying, ‘astounding’ Hurricane HarveyThe extremely dangerous storm is predicted to bring days of rain to southeast Texas starting on Aug. 25.
By Joel Achenbach, Steven Mufson and Jason Samenow
August 24 at 8:13 PM
Texas is bracing for potentially catastrophic flooding and winds as Hurricane Harvey intensified Thursday and cruised toward a late Friday impact near Corpus Christi.
The National Hurricane Center described Harvey’s sudden strengthening as “astounding.” The storm is expected to strike as a Category 3 hurricane — meaning with winds greater than 111 miles per hour — making it the most powerful storm to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. ...
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