Videos show Harvey's destruction as storm slams Texas coast

ByADAM KELSEY ABCNews logo
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

As Hurricane Harvey continues its path over Texas on Saturday after making landfall just before midnight Friday, video and images are emerging on social media showing the rain and winds that hammered Texas' Gulf Coast.

The massive hurricane is now a Category 1 storm as of early Saturday after making its initial landfall as a Category 4 storm. It unleashed a vicious wrath of torrential rain and 130 miles per hour maximum sustained winds with even stronger gusts, according to the National Weather Service.

Here's a look at some of the images from the areas affected by Harvey:

Port Lavaca, Texas

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North Padre Island, Texas

Twitter/@captaleportillo

Port Arkansas, Texas

Twitter/@ryan_keith35

Corpus Christi, Texas

Instagram/chula09464

Twitter/@jalomo850

Chris Shadrock/KSAT

Nathan Gogo/KVUE

Twitter/@OldRowSwig

Galveston, Texas

Twitter/@robrod76

Victoria, Texas

Courtney Fischer/KTRK

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