In photos: Hurricane Harvey batters the Texas coast

Harvey continues to move through Texas on Saturday, now downgraded to a Category 1. The storm hit the Texas coast late Friday as a powerful Category 4 before weakening. The big fear now is flooding. Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to strike the U.S. since Hurricane Charley in 2004.

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Road signs in Corpus Christi. Harvey is the first Category 4 storm to strike the U.S. since Hurricane Charley in 2004.

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Harvey’s center made landfall just before 10 pm CDT about 4 miles east of Rockport, population 10,000. There were reports of "numerous structures destroyed" and "buildings that collapsed with people trapped inside."

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A man walks through the wind and rain in Corpus Christi. The scale of damage won't be known until later Saturday.

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Rain driven by 130 mph winds hit Corpus Christie, which was close to the eye of Harvey.

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Corpus Christie

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Trees downed in Corpus Christi. Power was out throughout the city.

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In the hours before the eye of Harvey reached land some residnets braved conditions to take photos. Some 20,000 vacationers are stranded on cruise ships due to the closure of the port of Galveston where they were supposed to disembark this weekend.

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A satellite image of Harvey. GOES-16 geocolor image of Harvey making landfall in Texas at 8 pm CDT August 25, 2017. Image credit: NOAA Satellites

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The Texas coast near Corpus Christi on Friday night as Harvey approached.

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Harvey announces his arrival on the coast at Corpus Christi.

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Category 4 winds made driving conditions impossibly dangerous.

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The pickup of Craig "Cajun" Uggen, 57, was stranded in flood waters in Corpus Christi.

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Port Aransas, Texas, whre wind gusts reached 132 mph (212 kmh).

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Monica Burgos took refuge from Harvey at the Good Samaritan Rescue Mission in Corpus Christi.

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Downed traffic lights.

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A refinery in Corpus Christi. The oil industry said it was ready for the storm.

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David Burkhardt has a coffee waiting for Harvey in his garage in Portland, Texas. Some people stayed home despite warnings by local authorities to evacuate flood zones.

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Wind and rain in Corpus Christi, the largest city in the path of Harvey with 300,000 residents.

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Residents of Corpus Christi wait to be evacuated to San Antonio, about 140 miles northeast.

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A woman on Galveston island, south of Houston, Texas.

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Ramón López and Arturo Villarreal put up wodden sheets over a store in Galveston, Texas.

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Food shelves in a Walmart, Houston, Texas.

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Sand bags in Corpus Christi.

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Lacey Williams steps over sand bags outside her home in Houston.

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Port Isabel is closed to shipping until further notice.

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Mauro Eligio shutters his store with plywood. on the Southside of Corpus Christi.

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Harvey seen from space.

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