The most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years has killed at least two people and is now threatening catastrophic flooding as search and rescue teams deploy to the hardest-hit zones.
Key points:
- Harvey weakens to tropical storm, threatens widespread floods
- Hit Texas as category four hurricane, two people dead
- Utilities report 240,000 customers without power
Harvey slammed into Texas, the heart of the US oil and gas industry, yesterday as a category four hurricane with winds of 209 kilometres per hour.
That made Harvey the strongest storm to strike the state since 1961 and the most powerful storm in over a decade to come ashore anywhere in the mainland US.
It ripped off roofs, snapped trees, and triggered tornadoes and flash floods, while also curtailing a large portion of America’s oil and fuel production and prompting price hikes at the pumps.
Harvey has since weakened to a tropical storm, but is expected to lash Texas for days as it lumbers inland, bringing as much as 102 centimetres of rain and affecting heavily populated areas like Houston.
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