Live Coverage: One Dead, Over 264,000 Without Power As Harvey Drenches Texas, Brings “Widespread Devastation”

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Live CBS Coverage:

Update 2: At least one death from hurricane Harvey was confirmed by local Texas officials. At a press conference Saturday, Rockport, Texas, officials said they knew of one death, but declined to give details. The officials said damage to the town was extensive, but about 40% of the city’s around 20,000 residents had decided to stay and ride out the storm.
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Update: Shortly before 2pm ET, Harvey weakened to a tropical storm with sustained winds of 70 mph after lashing Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane Friday according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The storm is forecast to linger over Texas for days bringing devastating flooding, including to Houston, with as much as 40 inches of rain falling. As of 12:30pm CDT 264,000 Texas customers are without power.


This post was published at Zero Hedge on Aug 26, 2017.