Were privileged enough to by in a home, although close to the water, that has survived a number of these storms. We had the correct amount of protection on our windows and things like that and we kind of prayed for the best. Although were hearing theres quite a bit of damage happening around us. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning to you. Were beginning with the breaking news of Hurricane Harvey now barreling down on the texas coast. It has been downgraded to a category 1 storm after making landfall as a cat 4. But the winds and the rain, they are still hitting this area hard. And thats what is so dangerous over the next five to seven days here. This storm, obviously, is something were watching very closely. As we were just a little while away from maybe daylight coming up, people being able to assess whats going on even though theres still a lot of rain going on down there, which, again, is a big concern. But there are some other big headlines coming out of the white house this morning as well. For instance, President Trump pardoned former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio who had been found guilty of criminal contempt for disregarding a court order in a racial profiling case. The president also signed a directive to implement the military transgender ban. All of this as sebastian gork ka resigns. And finally north korea still refint. Pyongyang testfired three shortrange missiles. Lets continue with our coverage of Hurricane Harvey and our team of reporters along the texas gulf coast where this storm came ashore. Nick valencia is in Corpus Christi, texas. We have paolo san antonio there. We know that the rain is still coming and the rain is a big concern. Have you heard anything about the storm surge . Because that was also on the radar as something to really watch. You know, were just on the edge of the sea wall. And the prediction was about six feet there yesterday. During the height of the storm be saw those waves crashing over the wall, winds whipping through Corpus Christi. The big issue this morning, as you mention, the Power Outages. Across the state 211,000 people estimated to be without power. Majority of those here, 160,000, in Corpus Christi, lost power. We rode out the storm along with many other people here at the omni hotel. We did not lose power, thankful to a generator here, but much of the community did. The big potential here for the catastrophe ahead is major flooding. This storm system, yes, it hit south texas. It did weaken. Now a category 1, 90 mileanhour winds, but its stalled over us and is continuing to dump rain. A lot of the lowlying areas have a great risk of being hit with major flooding over the course of the next couple of days. The community, we understand, that has been really, really hard is rockport, texas, which is 20 miles south of here. Were hoping as the sun comes up well get a true scope and the sense of the significant damage here in coastal texas. Nick, any idea of the types of calls that are coming into First Responders and if, at this point and at what point theyll be able to get out to answer some of those . We have reached out to First Responders. They say right now they have not heard any significant calls of reports of injuries or fatalities. So thats the good news. Right now, just to reiterate and emphasis this, its the Power Outages. You see behind me the wind is not whipping or picking up like yesterday. If its any indication of what we experienced yesterday, the bands coming in here, it was ebbing and flowing. And the force of those winds, sometimes a little lighter and you think you have some relief only for an hour later for it to pick up again. Right now it has been a little calm. We dont anticipate or suspect that the First Responders are really dealing with anything major here. Thats welcome news for a community that was anticipating and expecting to take a significant hit. The Power Outages are going to be a problem because were at a time of the year where the heat will be stifling in some of those hopes without air conditioning. Then people will come out of their homes to get some relief and thats where the danger will be with the downed power lines and the flooding. Nick valencia in Corpus Christi, thanks very much. Lets go to cnns paolo sandoval. We know thats where a lot of people are coming to get some potential relief. Thats right, victor. We could potentially see even more people because you just brought up a really important point here. Even after that storm passes, some of the coastal communities, many of the communities will be without power. Even though their homes have made it through the storm, in the summer heat, it will be difficult for people to still remain there. Cities like san antonio have essentially opened their doors up to people who live in communities like Corpus Christi. Weve already seen hundreds of people move into some of the shelters that have been set up here in the alamo city. Officials tell me that 6,000 shelter beds have been offered up. They do expect many people to begin to take advantage of that. Important to be here since san antonio is a federally designated evacuation zone. We have seen this play out in 2005, for example, when Hurricane Katrina displaced so many families in louisiana, many people made their way to houston and also here to san antonio. And again, officials are now preparing to do that again. Now, as far as what weve been seeing here and the weather, only about 1 1 2 hours ago did we begin to feel some of the effects of Hurricane Harvey with some occasional rain thats let up quite a bit here. We still have some of that gusty wind. But the concern here, though, is the potential for flooding as this storm potentially disorganizes. Its still going to pose that threat for flash flooding. This part of the country, this part of the state is fairly prone to flooding. So as a result officials have been keeping a close eye on some of the lowlying areas. Thats what weve been seeing is in san antonio here. City officials with two serious tasks here. Bringing in some of the evacuees and warning the residents they could potentially see flooding in the hours and perhaps days to come. Guys . The next five to seven days, we understand. Pretty dicey. Our meteorologists saying they could see up to 40 inches of rain in some places because this thing is just not going to move. Were looking at your radar behind you, allison. What are they feeling now . The outer bands behind the eye . Right now a combination of where the heavy rain is, but also where the warnings are. Lets look at that. Youve got the blue color indicating Tropical Storm warnings and that extends from houston out to san antonio and hurricane warnings for places like victoria and Corpus Christi. But were dealing with another type of warning, thats Tornado Warning warnings. You have one, two, even three Tornado Warnings at a time give or take some of these regions. That is likely going to continue. We have a tornado watch in effect for this region right here until 1 00 this afternoon. And that could potentially even be extended later on into the day as that threat for Severe Weather does stick with us. Right now winds about 90 Miles Per Hour. So yes, again, we have started to see it weaken in strength. But i want to emphasize, 90 Miles Per Hour is still enough to destroy a mobile home. It will blow out all the windows in your house. This is still a very strong storm. Moving northwest at 6 Miles Per Hour. It is incredibly slow. Overall on the scale, it will still remain a category 1 hurricane until it gets below 74 Miles Per Hour. Thats when youll finally start to see it drop back to a Tropical Storm. But if you look on the forecast track, its still expected to remain a category 1 storm through at least the rest of today before we see it weaken enough to where it will start to take a bigger hit. The overall track, notice, it still doesnt move all that much. Thats why we talk about rain being such a huge factor because these areas will get hit with rain over and over and over again. Oswell, texas already has 9 inches of rain. And even victoria, over 7 1 2 inches of rain. They have the potential to get 20 even 30 more inches of rain. Allison chinchar, thanks so much. Were getting images here at cnn as this hurricane has torn through the texas coast. The rain is on track to create a flooding disaster. We have reporters out there in the middle of it. It seems at every hour i keep telling people that it couldnt get worse. And yet every hour it does seem to get worse. And now its about the worst weve seen. When youre out here in the darkness, the wind is howling so loudly that its really hard to hear anything beyond that. Hurricane harvey is making landfall as we speak. Here in corpus, its been going for about three or four hours now. Look at that wind right here. Not only the is the water ponding, the wind is whipping it into a froth. Even though this storm has come ashore, its not the end of anything. This is really the beginning of the second and perhaps even the more deadly or dangerous phase. Our ears were popping when the eye was arriving, the pressure dropped really, really quickly like youre going up in an airplane. Theres been rain and heavy, heavy wind. This just fell a short while ago on our position here. You can imagine why and this is why you dont go out in a storm like this when this stuff is in the air. Its interesting that this thing is turning into quite the marathon. All right, as we now get to the Daylight Hours where well start to see some of the Severe Damage were getting reports of overnight. Rockport specifically has been hit pretty hard. We understand that there is some damage through downtown there. The National Weather service told the city manager there Hurricane Force winds can be expected through the night. Were going to talk to somebody there, find out what it is like there this hour. Stay close. Were drowning in information. Where, in all of this, is the stuff that matters . The stakes are so high, your finances, your future. How do you solve this . You dont. You partner with a firm that advises governments and the fortune 500, and, can deliver insight person to person, on what matters to you. Morgan stanley. Pepsoriasis does that. It was tough getting out there on stage. I wanted to be clear. I wanted it to last. So i kept on fighting. I found something that worked. 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But the prize at the top is worth every last breath. Here we go. [ grunts ] got em. Ahh. Wait a minute. Whole wheat waffles . [ crying ] why great to have you with us here. As we wait for Hurricane Harvey and waiting for the sun to come up there in texas to try to get a better picture of exactly what has been left of this storm from overnight. We know it has been pounding the texas coast. Homes, we know, have been destroyed. Power lines have been down. Still at this hour 200,000 plus people who do not have power. Right now a category 1. Winds are sustained at 90 Miles Per Hour. But look at what it has been. This came ashore as a strong category 4 storm. Areas there we know are facing severe flooding, and the rain and the winds are expected to continue over the next several days. Rockport, texas, one of the areas hardest hit there on the gulf coast. Mmhmm. Just north of Corpus Christi and port arancas. Thats where you can see some of the water floating. This is a hotel and thats some of the water coming into the hotel. The extensive damage is downtown. Thats what the fire chief is hearing as well. There are emergency calls that have been rolling in, we do have the fire chief on the phone with us, i believe, chief sims. Chief sims, can you hear me . Yes. Thank you so much for being with us. We understand at one point you were getting emergency calls in, but nobody could respond obviously because of the weather situation there. What is it like now . It is beginning to slack off some. Were still unable to respond to anything being its still dark. So we dont have a real good outlook on whats, you know, out in the neighborhoods. Do you know what when you say emergency calls were coming in, what were those calls . What were the folks in need of . Most of our calls have been coming in from out of town that, you know, they had relatives that lived here and they, you know, have been in text contact or phone contact with them, and collapsed roofs, trees on houses and such as that. So essentially welfare checks from people out of town to check on their loved ones who live in rockport there . Yes. Okay. So let me ask you i understand from my producer that youre having communications problems. What are the problems there . We have lost all communications right now. Whats that mean . Cell phone cell phones, internet, all of our radio equipment is down. So there is no way for people to even get in contact with Rockport Fire Department right now . Other than this one land line. Is that what youre on right now . Yes. Well, we wont keep you on it too long. Let me ask you one more question here. We got reports that there was a roof collapse at senior home. What can you tell us about that . I really cant confirm it. I know we have a good bit of dama damage, but not being able to get out and see for myself what we got. I know we have lost one of our smaller substation fire buildings. And so i mean, ive got 22 firemen sitting here where we bunkered down. And just itching to get the weather to do it. Do you have any idea how many people evacuated or did most people stay in rockport . Not real sure. Not enough. Not enough. Okay. We dont want to keep you on this land line too long considering this is the only line that you have to communicate with people in rockport. Fire chief there steve sims in rockport, which is getting some of the worst of what weve seen over the last few hours. Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with us. Take care and do stay safe and very best to all of the folks there in rockport. A cnn affiliate crew was staying in that rockport hotel, as you saw there, as they were riding out the storm. Their building was hit. They say theres some serious damage there. They stepped outside to take a look during a moment of calm as the eye of the storm passed over that. I want you to watch what happened as they were out there. This is incredible. This is kind of our first look, guys, at the first half of Hurricane Harveys damage in the parking lot. The eye is here. A second ago these were 140, 150mileperhour gusts. Now a beautiful evening. A little bit of mist. First experience in a hurricane eye. Our ears were popping when the eye was arriving. The pressure dropped really, really quickly, like youre going up in an airplane as that eye arrived. A very tight gradient, too, so the last couple miles i would admit, i did not know the extent of this damage. Watch your foot. Our rooms on this side of the building, isnt it . Right here. No, were on the opposite. Actually [ unintelligible ] if we can get moore people to leave. Its a [ bleep ]. Half the building, yes, it will have water damage or whatever. This side of the building. We have ten days of supplies. This is the most structurally sound building. You take everybody else somewhere, then we are you are taking how many people . How many people are here . How many supplies . You say they were loading up supplies. Hey, im on your side. I just wanted to see the structural damage. I just saw it. The staircase. It will affect several almost half the building. Yeah, yeah. Do you want this staircase . Go up that staircase. Yeah. Its fine. We have half a building. Hm. Still a very messy situation. You can imagine as people are holed up and wondering and not getting answers, wondering how long they can sustain where they are because were hearing that this is even though its been downgraded to a category 1, this is a five to sevenday event with some serious flooding, life threatening its still being called. And were now a couple of hours away from the sun coming up there to try to discern exactly whats left. 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