25-08-2017 17:13 via wivb.com

Hurricane Harvey hits at Category 4, now a Category 1

HOUSTON (CBS)  —  Hurricane Harvey has reached Texas bringing fierce winds and torrential rain to a wide swath of the state’s Gulf Coast, prompting tens of thousands of resident to flee inland. The National Hurricane Center said the eyewall of the dangerous Category 4 storm reached the coast on Friday evening. By 4am on Saturday, the storm was downgraded to a Category 2.  Around 6:15 Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey became a Category 1 storm with top wind speeds
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