At least one dead, buildings destroyed as Hurricane Harvey drenches central Texas coast
Source: The Washington Post
By Tim Craig, Kevin Sullivan and Sandhya Somashekhar August 26 at 3:20 PM
ROCKPORT, Tex. — Hurricane Harvey flattened buildings in the small city of Rockport and slowed to a crawl Saturday, gradually losing hurricane status but remaining strong and potentially deadly as it inundates communities with extraordinary rainfall and threatens catastrophic flooding.
Rockport Mayor C.J. Wax confirmed one fatality, and officials in Texas expect to find further victims as search and rescue operations proceed along the battered central Texas coast.
“We have not been able to completely assess damage with current winds at 90+,” Wax said earlier in the day in an email to The Washington Post. “Widespread devastation unknown loss of life.”
On social media, residents and others who rode out the storm in Rockport reported that numerous buildings had been destroyed. Officials said it was too early to measure the scale of the destruction.
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is the one we were looking at to park our 5th wheel for the winter.
http://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Port-Aransas-officials-launch-rescue-operation-11980591.php
I hope all left their rigs and got to high ground.
