Before the storm hit, Rockport's mayor told anyone staying behind to write their names on their arms for identification in case of death or injury. Heading inland, storm weakensHarvey weakened to tropical storm from hurricane strength on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. "This is serious," Turner said in a televised interview as Harvey turned into a tropical storm expected to linger over the mid Texas coast. The latest forecast storm track has Harvey looping back toward the Gulf of Mexico coast before turning north again on Tuesday. Many fuel stations ran out of gasoline before the storm hit, and the US Environmental Protection Agency loosened gasoline specifications late on Friday to reduce shortages.

Source: bd News24 August 27, 2017 04:07 UTC