Storm Harvey threatens Texas with ‘catastrophic’ floods, one dead
Rockport — The most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least one person and is now threatening catastrophic flooding as search and rescue teams deploy to the hardest-hit zones, authorities said on Saturday. Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the US oil and gas industry, late Friday as a Category four hurricane with winds of 209 km/h, making it the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961. It ripped off roofs, snapped trees, and triggered tornadoes and flash floods, and cut power to nearly a quarter of a million people. It also curtailed a large portion of America’s oil and fuel production, prompting price hikes at the pumps. Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers inland, bringing as much as 102cm of rain to some areas, and affecting heavily populated. Houston could receive as much as two to three inches of rain per hour overnight, Mayor Sylvester Turner said late on Saturday. The Nat...
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