Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and 700 members of the National Guard are being called up as Hurricane Harvey, the most powerful weather system to hit the US in almost 12 years, heads for Texas and Louisiana.
The storm is expected to bring 85 mile per hour winds and could be the biggest to hit the US mainland since Hurricane Katrina.
30-second imagery of rapidly intensifying Hurricane #Harvey from GOES-16. pic.twitter.com/b8CFxJdgQD
— NWS Eastern Region (@NWSEastern) August 24, 2017
President Trump called on Americans to be ready on twitter and posted links to websites for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Hurricane Center and a Homeland Security site with tips for emergency preparedness.
As #HurricaneHarvey intensifies - remember to #PlanAhead.
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Once it comes ashore, Harvey is expected to stall, dumping copious amounts of rain in the areas for days prompting flood fears.
Imagine being on a spaceship, watching this storm barreling down on your family. Fingers crossed for the Gulf Coast. pic.twitter.com/L9eSxdSc1u
— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) August 25, 2017
