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Hurricane Harvey came ashore near Rockport, Texas late Friday evening.

With its arrival, people were braced for “life-threatening storm surge, rainfall and wind hazards to portions of the Texas coast.” It was the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley in 2004.

The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm by Saturday afternoon.

The massive storm made landfall at 10 p.m. local time as a Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of about 130 mph.

Harvey made landfall over the northern end of San Jose Island between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor. Harvey made a second landfall on the northeastern shore of Copano Bay.

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