harvey made land fall and we are already hearing about a lot of damage right there. reporter: you can see some of this behind our hotel here, trees down, fences down every where and more significant damage. and while daylight will begin to reveal some of that, the slow motion disaster is far from over. a torrential rain, high winds, pounded the texas golf coast, harvey made land fall 30 miles northe of corpus christi as a category four her dane, the most intense storm to hit the u.s. in more than a decade. 125 miles per hour winds, took aim at the town of rockport, a high school, a senior housing center and parts of historic downtown, all hit. hours later, the monster storm made a second land fall, and started weakening, but it is on track to jump up to 3 feet of rain in some areas. as harvey approached officials urged coastal residents to evacuate, many boarded buses and headed inland. trying to be strong because i don t want my children to sianni then they get scared, y
galveston, texas. it s after brutal storm and it s going to get worse before it gets better. it s friday night and the big story on action news is the potential for catastrophic events with hurricane harvey on the verge of landfall. this is corpus christie, the primary target at this hour. officials don t know how many residents heeded strong recommendations to evacuate their homes. county officials say they have not seen the travel inland they would have expected. the city is confident pumps can clear out the storm water if water inundates downtown. communities throughout the gulf coast are bracing for their own problems. we haven t seen video from houston, but the city is dangerously flood prone and could get 20-inches or more. the port is closed keeping luxury liners and passengers out at sea. cecily tynan is monitoring the storm and has more from accuweather. hurricane harvey is maximum sustained 130 miles per hour. it s slowed its forward motion moving at eight miles p
storm and has more from accuweather. hurricane harvey is maximum sustained 130 miles per hour. it s slowed its forward motion moving at eight miles per hour at last report. rockford emergency management texas with people trapped inside. this storm will sit there for days. i want to show you wind gusts from the center. galveston reporting 40 miles per hour. can t report from the station because the power has been shutdown but we have storm trackers reporting maximum wind gusts 140 miles per hour making landful near rockford right now. this is the first to hit texas since karla in 1961. once it moves inland, it will stall along the coast. what that means, the storm surge of six to 12 feet continues for days. we are looking at epic amounts of rain falling from the sky, some areas 30-inches of rain, a year s worth of rain in a matter of days. we ll talk about this storm system for a long time because it will likely effect the area well into next week. we have the local forecast l
harvey s legacy is just starting to be written. i m gray hall alongside christie ileto. harvey came ashore packing winds at least 130 miles per hour. damaging a senior housing complex. emergency personnel are waiting for the storm to ease to look for the injured some reporters ventured out into the rain and wind to tell the story of harvey. reporter: that rain is coming through, it is stinging, the winds blowing sideways right now. behind me, bear with me for a second highway 35. the bay wrapped around 35 and around port lavaca. all the water is being pushed ashore from multiple angles here. harvey continues to wash ashore with the bands of rain. boy, you can see the intensity of the storm there the rain and wind whipping up there. the reporter s live shot there. this is video of the water coming to the door of a hotel. harvey moves toward houston stks texas. it owe could it could be more rain than someplaces see in an entire year. of course, meteorologist chris sow
injured. more than 200,000 homes and business remain without power across the state. six counties have been declared federal disaster areas. storm surges up to 12 feet are predicted in some places. we have team of correspondents. let s go to mark strassmann in houston. good morning, one of america s most major cities is quiet this morning and take a look you can see why. this city is under a flood emergency. people have been ordered to stay inside but urged to stay inside the reason is obvious. this is a bit of a lull in the storm system. as light as rain has fallen all day. on the radar it shows that this city is going to get pounded again by rainfall in fact starting to pick up right now. the rainfall total so far are something straight out of the old testament on sunday morning, six inches of rain an hour, 14 inches of rain in three hours, as much a is 30 inches of rain in some spots and another foot of rain in the forecast before the day is over. and even though harvey