A damaged car sits outside a heavily damaged apartment complex in Rockport, Texas, after Hurricane Harvey struck the area on August 26, 2017. Harvey continued to batter Texas as rescuers grappled with heavy rains to reach out to people stranded due to the hurricane. First such Category 4 stormWith winds topping 130 mph, Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to make landfall in the US since Hurricane Charley struck Florida in 2004, and the first to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961. The hurricane dumped more than 20 inches of rain in the Houston area, causing “life-threatening catastrophic flooding” in southeastern Texas, The National Hurricane Center reported. Harvey bombarded the stretch of the Gulf Coast in Texas with home-ripping winds and torrential rains.

Source: The Hindu August 27, 2017 12:45 UTC