Hurricane Harvey Batters Texas Coast

The fiercest hurricane to hit the US in more than a decade has made landfall, hitting northeast of Corpus Christi with winds of over two-hundred kilometres per hour.
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(Photo: Strong winds batter a house on Padre Island before the approaching Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Getty Images)