Harvey crashed into the coast Texas on Friday leaving over 230,000 without power VIDEO
The hurricane that slammed into the coast of Texas on Friday night was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday afternoon as it continues to move inland, but it left behind a path of destruction in its wake, and days of “catastrophic” rain and flooding loom ahead. Originally a Category 4 hurricane, Harvey hit land at roughly 10 p.m. on Friday with winds higher than 130 mph, to Yahoo. Damage reports consisted of “collapsed roofs and walls, ” as roughly 230,000 homes and businesses do not have any power. By Saturday, Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm sustaining winds of 70 mph. It has turned “into a deadly inland event” as days of flooding, tornadoes and intense rain are all expected to add to the already “widespread devastation, ” CNN. At least one person was killed and at least 12 more were injured in a house fire during the storm the city of Rockport. Tornadoes already touched down near Houston “leveling homes and destroying everything else in their wake, ” the Huffington Post. “Our biggest concern is between 20 and 30 more inches of rain in areas ranging from Corpus Christi over to Houston, ” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a press conference on Saturday, g to ABC News. “We want to do everything we possibly can to keep people out of rising water.
