Areas, up to 35 inches of rain, because this is a massive rain making system, and due to complicated weather patterns, chad can explain, itll probably stall out in texas. Weve lost power to 63,000 homes in this area, thats Corpus Christi, theyve put together a boil order, thats a recaution, with so much water around here, essentially the citys Drinking Water could be contaminated. And the wind are not expected to dramatically die down any time soon. So, the hard shp really is not coming to a end, were shifting to a more difficult phase. Martin, well have chad along in a moment, there are 131 Miles Per Hour winds. How does this compare to the other hurricanes youve covered. You and i have both been out in a lot of them. Time. Because if the water does pile up as is expected, it could cut off not only rescue efforts to come in but Escape Routes to get out. Thats what you saw in new orleans after katrina. This is not a katrina, its a very different circumstance, but the danger is extremel
wide area where the eye came on shore, not really large. ice of hurricanes can get much larger. we have a small compact eye, but very intense winds, we were talking about that category 4 storm, the second strongest hurricane possible. not a large area that s affect, but the damage will be very severe when daylight comes. how will you protect yourself on the back end. what you don t see is there s a concrete building to our left side which is blocking the majority of the wind that s why we re able to give you the shot safely of the current conditions in the hurricane s eye wall, we ll maintain our safety throughout the night. we ll keep our ice open for anyone that needs our assistance. you re watching cnn s live coverage of hurricane harvey s landfall. we have a storm chaser in the eye of the storm. he s witnessed winds up to 110