Eric Gay, The Associated PressKeedan Garcia, 8, holds his kitten as he waits with his family to be evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
NASA, NOAA GOES Project via Getty ImagesIn this NOAA handout image, NOAA's GOES East satellite capture of Hurricane Harvey shows the storm's eye as the storm nears landfall at 10:07 a.m. EDT (1407 UTC) on Aug. 25, 2017 in the southeastern coast of Texas.
Joe Raedle, Getty ImagesMonica Chavez waits for approaching Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25, 2017 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has intensified into a hurricane and is aiming for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain and 125 mph winds.
Eric Gay, The Associated PressCity workers pull down a canvas covering as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey move closer, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center warns that conditions are deteriorating as Hurricane Harvey strengthens and slowly moves toward the Texas coast.
Gabe Hernandez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times via APMichael Reyes, left, who is a general surgeon, hugs his wife Sara Reyes as she prepares to flight out of Corpus Christi with her daughter Eva Reyes and he prepares to stay as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Gulf Coast area on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, at the Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas. The slow-moving hurricane could be the fiercest such storm to hit the United States in almost a dozen years. Forecasters labeled Harvey a "life-threatening storm" that posed a "grave risk" as millions of people braced for a prolonged battering.
Nick Wagner, Austin American-Statesman via APA man rests while waiting to board a bus headed for San Antonio at an evacuation center in Corpus Christi, Texas on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Hundreds of residents of the Corpus Christi area boarded buses Friday to be transported to a shelter in San Antonio as Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall on the Texas coast Friday night or early Saturday morning.
Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via APTexas A&M University at Galveston students Erica Tomlinson, from left, Kourtney Gasaway and Kara Jackson wait to evacuate the Mitchell Campus on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey nears the Gulf coast Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Galveston, Texas. The students were bussed to the College Station campus.
Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty ImagesStrong winds batter seaside houses before the approaching Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi, Texas on Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey, which is set to make landfall later today into early Saturday, was packing maximum sustained winds of close to 120 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said.
Godofredo A. Vasquez, Houston Chronicle via APCarolyn Price empties a fridge on the lower level of her property in Matagorda, Texas before Hurricane Harvey makes landfall Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions were deteriorating along Texas's Gulf Coast on Friday as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and slowly moved toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion." Price and her husband David drove down from Lake Conroe to retrieve their power fishing boat and other belongings after hearing the surge would reach 10-12 feet.
Gabe Hernandez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times via APVimal Patel boards up windows with the help of Carl Bledsoe (left) at the Catalina Motel as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Coastal Bend area on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center warns that conditions are deteriorating as Hurricane Harvey strengthens and slowly moves toward the Texas coast.
Gabe Hernandez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times via APTom Corbin, right, and Terry Corbin prepare sandbags as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Coastal Bend area on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The National Hurricane Center warns that conditions are deteriorating as Hurricane Harvey strengthens and slowly moves toward the Texas coast.
Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle via APLacey Williams exits the only door she can by stepping over sandbags that surround her home in Houston on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. Texas officials have been expressing concern that not as many people are evacuating compared with previous storms as Hurricane Harvey bears down on the state.
Nick Wagner, Austin American-Statesman via APTxDOT crew members use a phone to check the radar while waiting to install the final portion of a surge wall on TX-361 leading to the Port Aransas ferry in preparation for Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion."
Eric Gay, The Associated PressA family is helped to a bus as they are evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
Joe Raedle, Getty ImagesA sign on a business reads, 'Closed for Harvey', as people prepare for approaching Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25, 2017 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Hurricane Harvey has intensified into a hurricane and is aiming for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain and 125 mph winds.
David J. Phillip, The Associated PressLuis Perez watches waves crash again a jetty in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline.
Stuart Villanueva, The Galveston County Daily News via APA map of the Texas Coast is projected on a screen as Deb Nowinski, a disability integration coordinator, gives information to a caller regarding the approach of Hurricane Harvey at the Galveston County Office of Emergency Management Emergency Operations Center in Dickinson, Texas, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017.
Eric Gay, The Associated PressStripes store workers board up windows in preparation for Hurricane Harvey, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Two counties have ordered mandatory evacuations as Hurricane Harvey gathers strength as it drifts toward the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Keedan Garcia, 8, holds his kitten as he waits with his family to be evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.
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Hurricane Harvey has intensified into a hurricane and is aiming for a wide swath of the Texas Gulf Coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain and 125 mph winds. With time running out, tens of thousands of people fled from the path of Hurricane Harvey Friday.
















