It was the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley struck Florida in 2004 and the first to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961. Even as Harvey weakened to a Category 1 storm with 75 mph winds, weather officials warned millions of residents across Texas to expect severe flooding, life-threatening storm surges and tornadoes as the storm slowly crept inland. “We could see catastrophic flooding for a lot of people, historic flooding for parts of Texas. Before Harvey, the most recent major hurricane to make landfall was Wilma, a Category 3 storm that hit Florida in October 2005, two months after Hurricane Katrina. Historically, slow-moving tropical storms and hurricanes have caused some of Texas’ most severe flooding.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 26, 2017 15:59 UTC