Preparation for Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey intensified Friday morning and is on track to be the strongest hurricane to strike the United States in 12 years. The storm is expected to make landfall late Friday night or Saturday morning near this South Texas city and then stall, delivering forecasters say could be “catastrophic flooding.”

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Fri., Aug. 25, 2017

Larger than usual waves crash ashore on Bolivar Peninsula, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, as Hurricane Harvey approaches Texas.

Guiseppe Barranco Associated Press
Rain is blown past palm trees as Hurricane Harvey makes landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Eric Gay Associated Press
Larger than usual waves come ashore at Crystal Beach as Hurricane Harvey approaches Texas on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in Crystal Beach, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Guiseppe Barranco Associated Press
Sylvia Brown, 15, walks through waves as they wash ashore near a pier as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Texas coast Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Bacliff, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Stuart Villanueva Associated Press
Bolivar Peninsula paramedics visit homes to transport disabled residents, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in Galveston County, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Guiseppe Barranco Associated Press
Katie Harlan and Whitney Hatcher walk through pooling water on Kingston Drive, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017 in Texas City, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Stuart Villanueva Associated Press
A Bolivar Peninsula resident holds his umbrella while being interviewed as Hurricane Harvey approaches the Texas coast Friday, Aug. 25, 2017

Guiseppe Barranco Associated Press
Hillary Lebeb walks along the seawall in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline.

David J. Phillip Associated Press
Connie Harguth holds her dog Stanley while walking along the seawall in Galveston, Texas as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline.

David J. Phillip Associated Press
A family is helped to a bus as they are evacuated as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Eric Gay Associated Press
Martha Wilson, second from right, is helped by city officials as she is evacuated with others as the outer bands of Hurricane Harvey begin to make landfall, Friday, Aug. 25, 2017, in Corpus Christi, Texas. Harvey intensified into a hurricane Thursday and steered for the Texas coast with the potential for up to 3 feet of rain, 125 mph winds and 12-foot storm surges in what could be the fiercest hurricane to hit the United States in almost a dozen years.

Eric Gay Associated Press
TxDOT crews install the final portion of a surge wall on TX-361 leading to the Port Aransas ferry in Aransas Pass, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion."

Nick Wagner Associated Press
TxDOT crew members use a phone to check the radar while waiting to install the final portion of a surge wall on TX-361 leading to the Port Aransas ferry in preparation for Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion."

Nick Wagner Associated Press
Emergency officials work at the State Operations Center in Austin in preparation for Hurricane Harvey on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion."

Jay Janner Associated Press
Corpus Christi firefighters help Guadalupe Guerra walk to a bus headed for San Antonio at an evacuation center in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Conditions deteriorated Friday along the Texas Gulf Coast as Hurricane Harvey strengthened and crawled toward the state, with forecasters warning that evacuations and preparations "should be rushed to completion."

Nick Wagner Associated Press