As residents emerged throughout the morning, local officials and emergency responders across the region scrambled to assess the damage. Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast on Aug. 25 with extreme rain and 130 mph winds, and residents are bracing for more bad weather. Despite predictions of a 6- to 12-foot storm surge, residents and emergency management officials here say that amount of water never materialized. The National Weather Service reported gusts as high as 132 mph at Port Aransas on Friday night. “It was all night of slam, bang, boom, but the trailer didn’t hardly rock.”Mary Lee Grant in Port Aransas contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post August 26, 2017 23:49 UTC