Hurricane Harvey hits US

Monday, 28/08/2017 16:43
Hurricane Harvey hit the US State of Texas with torrential rain and heavy winds, killing at least two persons.

(Photo: Reuters)

The storm is expected to cause massive flooding after battering the coast with 209km/h winds.

The National Weather Service (NWS) says conditions are "unprecedented".

The storm is the strongest to hit the US since Charley in August 2004 and the most powerful to hit Texas since Hurricane Carla in 1961, which killed 34 people, according to the Houston Chronicle.

Earlier, US meteorologists said that Harvey has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but is lingering over Texas. They warned that it had unleashed "extremely serious flooding".

Harvey was not expected to move much for several days, meaning the state's Gulf Coast was going to see massive amounts of rain, the National Hurricane Centre said.

A disaster declaration was issued for 50 counties./.

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