Harvey has impacted the Electric Reliability Council of Texas electric system, with 104,000 customers without power, according to the corporations official Twitter account. It is the most powerful hurricane to hit the US mainland since 2005. Millions of residents along the south Texas coast saw hurricane-force winds that uprooted trees and power poles. Before the landfall, Trump signed a disaster proclamation for Texas, freeing up federal funds for assistance. It is forecast to be the most powerful hurricane to hit the mainland since Wilma struck Florida in 2005, and could inflict billions of dollars in damage.

Source: India Today August 26, 2017 06:56 UTC