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Maximum category two right now, on the cusp of being a category three. 115 would be the next report. Doesnt happen very often. This lower texas coast actually went lu a period in the early 1980s where they actually had three major hurricanes make landfall, but theyve had a reprieve. It really hasnt been since rita that the coast got hit this hard. Neil it gets more attention here because its also in a neck of the woods in which the entire country is dependent, natural gas, oil refineries, facilities and the like. Is the better part of valor to shut them down and then come back to them when calm proceeds . Usually thats a day or two. This could be a little longer, couldnt it . Right. Youve got a double whammy because youve got chapter one of the storm where it makes landfall lets say in the Corpus Christi victoria region of the texas coastline, but then it meanders, wobbles and stalls for several days. Neil is that worse, michael, ....
10 news today. Im katy zachry. Its 6 00 a. M. Hurricane harvey battering the texas coast. Now lets join nbc news live coverage. Good morning. This is an nbc news special report, im sheinelle jones. And im craig melvin. Were tracking Hurricane Harvey. The storm is pummeling the texas gulf coast. The storm made landfall around 10 00 p. M. Central time last night. It was a category 4 storm then. And its been downgraded this morning to a category 1, but its still an extremely dangerous and devastating situation. Lets head to victoria, texas where Kerry Sanders is standing by this morning. What can you tell us . Reporter well, right now the winds are still gusting upwards of 110 Miles Per Hour. Here in victoria, texas, most of the city has lost power which is of course what you would expect. The but g. News is that two shelt ....
About putting america first. Lets not forget senator sanders tapped into that on the left with his message. Allowed that to guide us in our conversation, that is where the publics right now. They want us to focus in on putting the country first. Whether it is infrastructure, health care, we ought to be guided by that and focus on that for a while. That is ending on a high note. That concludes the panel. If we could just get a round of applause to our senators and members. [applause] thank you very much for joining us. Let me get you the details on what you are going to do next, which i am not sure about. Everybody is staying in here. Amazing. [laughter] stay in your seats. That same forum included former british Prime Minister tony blair talking about the u. K. s decision to leave the European Union and the potential impact. He also discussed the rise of populism in several p ....