wind gusts of up to 132 miles per hour. winds and massive storm surges pummelling large swaths of the state leaving thousands without power. areas like rockport get hurt worse than others with entire buildings collapsed, trapping residents and sending others to hospitals. president trump declared hurricane harvey a disaster late into the evening. he s monitoring the storm and tweeting from camp david with his national security team and the vice president there. leaders in texas also urged residents to evacuate, warning those who remained would be subjected to the storm s wrath for days. here s governor greg abbott. we are concerned that not enough people have evacuated, and we are still urging people if at all possible, if you re in low-lying areas, in zones where evacuation orders have been in place, there may still be time to get out. we begin by heading to
hurricane katrina. welcome back to hurricane harvey as it unleashes wind in texas, making landfall ten miles northeast of corpus christi with wind speeds of 130 miles an hour. while it s bad there, the worse is the yet to come. let s go to our meteorologist for a look at where this storm is headed and the difference at this moment for those who are watching us, are now a category 2. does this meet your expectations? a category 2 is weaker than a category 4 it made landfall. that s in perspective. it is on shore, that means the reservoir of warm and tropical air hurricanes feed off is a little less. it s still an impressive storm. we are starting toee the other angles of this storm unfold. i plotted how wide and warm this storm is. so from basically the houston area, south and west past corpus christi, this is 260 miles long.
redcross.org/shelters will tell you where the nearest shelters are. if people are out in the storm or if they ve evacuated to more of the inland communities, we ve got shelters available all across central south texas and along the gulf coast to make sure that they ve got a safe place to go. what are the biggest dangers when the sun comes out, people are curious, they want to walk around and check out the damage we re talking about. what is the danger of perhaps, you know, power lines being down? that s right. there may be downed power lines. if you live in a street or neighborhood that s been blocked off by local authorities, you definitely need to pay attention to the warnings. don t go back into your neighborhood or into a community that s been evacuated unless you ve been told by local authorities it s safe to do so. downed power lines, gas lines can pose a risk. thank you very much. i believe we have some information to put on the screen
both arizona s republican senators slammed the move calling for the judicial process to work its way, while the senate s highest ranking democrat new york s chuck schumer unleashed a storm alleging he used the hurricane as political cover to pardon arpaio. overnight the president made the ban on transgender troops officials signing an order for the pentagon to move forward on a ban, though it remains unclear what will happen to transgender personnel who are currently serving. the order also bans the department of defense from providing medical treatment to transgender service members. and to top it off, there is the ousting of sebastian gorka, and called islam an inherently violent relidgeen. the white house says his visit a quote not a quote resignation
the vice president. leaders in texas are urging residents at this hour to evacuate, warnle those who remain would be suspected to the storm s wrath for days. here s governor greg abbott. we are concerned that not enough people have evacuated. we are still urging people if at all possible if run in low lying areas, if are you if zones where evacuation orders have been if place, there may still be time for you to get out. all right. let s start our coverage this hour, going to corpus christi, texas. that city getting hammered overnight, maya rotd guess has been there, we are hearing some 40 inches of rain can hit with catastrophic flooding. we are getting a fuad voir from noaa, a category 2 storm and winds going down a bit, but the warning as steve soza has been telling us, that doesn t mean that this storm does not remain deadly? reporter: no and the