Videos show Harvey's destruction as storm slams Texas coast

The storm was a Category 4 when it first made landfall.

ByABC News
August 26, 2017, 12:00 PM

— -- 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

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Port Arkansas, Texas

Twitter/@ryan_keith35

Corpus Christi, Texas

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Twitter/@jalomo850

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Galveston, Texas

Twitter/@robrod76

Victoria, Texas

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