How strong was hurricane harvey?

Hurricane Harvey is whirling towards Texas with winds reaching 130 miles per hour — a Category 4 hurricane that was fueled by an unlucky pit stop over a deep patch of warm water in the Gulf of Mexico. read more

(CNN)Hurricane Harvey made landfall Friday night between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor, Texas, as a Category 4 storm with winds of 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said. Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley in 2004. read more

Hurricane Harvey is tied with Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area. read more

On Friday morning, Harvey hovered over one for more than six hours, Weather Underground reports. It was the perfect storm to make Harvey a devastating hurricane. read more