By Chaffin Mitchell, AccuWeather staff writer
By Brian Lada, AccuWeather meteorologist and staff writer
August 27,2017, 4:35:32AM,EDT
Nearly 300,000 customers were without power in the coastal region Saturday morning, and nearly 20 inches of rain had fallen in some places due to Harvey.
Harvey made landfall near the city of Rockport, Texas, early on early on Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane, toppling buildings, blowing over power poles and rearing roofs off of houses as it moved inland.Two fatalities have been attributed to Harvey with over a dozen injuries, according to the Associated Press.
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"Feet of rain will fall before Harvey dissipates later this week, with many areas having already received several inches. The heaviest rainfall is expected to stay to the north and east of the center of the storm, pummeling San Antonio, Austin, Houston and Galveston," AccuWeather Meteorologist Faith Eherts said.
A stationary band of downpours with rainfall rates exceeding 6 inches per hour set up over the Houston metro area and triggered significant flooding on Saturday night. Nearly 10 inches of rain fell in 90 minutes in Pearland, Texas.
Harvey has triggered at least 9 tornadoes across southeastern Texas.
Highway 35 near the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is completely inundated. @NWSCorpus @rqhart @tjc_12 #txwx
We are okay. Our hotel is still standing. Slept a bit. Continuing to find inspiring stories here. #NexstarHarvey. #HurricaneHarvey
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