Response from the white house and we will have much more on that in a short time. But first to Hurricane Harvey. The massive storm packing winds up to 145 miles an hour. Torrential rains and the potential for massive flooding in the coming days with the storm surge of some 12 feet. The fema director saying texas is about to have, quote, a very significant disaster. Texas officials now telling citizens who do not evacuate, listen to this, to write their names and Social Security numbers on their forearms. Just how big is this hurricane . Youre looking at harvey from outer space now. A camera on the International Space station. Harvey expected to be the strongest hurricane to make land fall in the u. S. In 12 years, since 2005. Rain fall totals up to 40 inches are expected in some areas. Thats more than three feet, causing widespread flooding. Made worse as the storm is predicted to stall over the region for several days. Large parts of south texas could be, quote, uninhabitable for week
And winds to be extremely lifethreatening conditions along the eastern coast prevent water levels have risen to 2 feet and will continue to rise to was much as 12 feet near to the right of the center where it comes to shore. We are expecting the center to come to shore in the Corpus Christi to port oconnor area near midnight tonight. Winds have increased to 125 Miles Per Hour, upper level in the upper end of category 3. We also expect to have serious flooding in the area of landfall because the storm is going to be stalling near the same area for the next three days or longer. Rainfall totals to 1525 inches, locally 35 inches. It will cause tremendous flooding in the areas near the coast and just inland. When the next 23 days, the area along the lower to middle texas coast will have lifethreatening conditions. All preparations should now be complete in the warning area. At the National Hurricane center, im at rappaport. Trace thank you, add rappaport giving us an idea how bad this coul