Hurricane Harvey, which hit the Texas Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, is one of the most destructive storms in the nation’s history according to weather experts. In response, all 12,000 members of the Texas National Guard were activated Read more…
Read moreMore than 3,000 personnel from around the country have been called to the Coastal Bend to help AEP Texas restore power in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. By 8 p.m. Sunday, August 27, the 220,000 without power had been reduced Read more…
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10:30 a.m. Monday, August 28 A boil water notice has been lifted for residents in Corpus Christi, except for those on North Padre Island. Governor Greg Abbott and U.S. Senator John Cornyn will tour the area this afternoon, following at Read more…
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12:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27 Schools and city offices will be closed on Monday as Corpus Christi recovers from Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 storm that made landfall at 9:45 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. No lives or major injuries have Read more…
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9 a.m. Saturday, August 26 Police officers and AEP repair crews are already out on the streets of Corpus Christi, working to assess damage and restore electricity to the more than 160,000 homes reportedly without power in the wake of Read more…
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6 p.m. Friday, August 25 Hurricane Harvey just became a Category 4 storm when its maximum winds reached 130 miles per hour. Say experts from the National Weather Service in Houston: “South Texas could become uninhabitable for months.” Read more…
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10 a.m. Friday, August 25 Hurricane Harvey is not expected to move out of the Coastal Bend region until Tuesday, August 29, according the National Weather Service. Area residents will need to be somewhere safe by around mid-day today, Friday, Read more…
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8:30 a.m. Friday, August 25 Now officially a Category 2 in strength, Hurricane Harvey continues to build strength as it aims for the Central Texas coast. It is expected to make landfall sometime around 1 a.m. Saturday, August 26 as Read more…
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Harvey is now officially a Category 1 hurricane and continuing to gain strength as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. While the city of Corpus Christi is under voluntary evacuation, the situation is teetering on Read more…
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12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24 Get out of Port Aransas by 9 p.m. tonight, ordered mayor Charles Bujan, who is calling for an evacuation after learning that Hurricane Harvey is expected to become a major Category 3 hurricane by landfall Friday. Winds from Read more…
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