(VOVWORLD) - Hurricane Harvey in central Texas has killed at least one person and wounded a dozen, becoming the strongest hurricane to hit the US in 13 years.
Mobile homes are destroyed at an RV park after Hurricane Harvey landed in the Coast Bend area. (Gabe Hernandez/AP) |
According to the National Hurricane Center, Harvey made landfall in Rockport town, 48km north of Corpus Christi late on Friday as a category 4 hurricane with maximum winds of 215km/h. North Rockport was directly in Harvey’s path and was severely hit. Harvey was downgraded to a tropical storm on Saturday.