Hurricane Harvey Makes Landfall Near Corpus Christi, Tex.<br />— Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Central Texas coast as a Category 4 storm late Friday, according to the<br />National Hurricane Center, which warned of catastrophic flooding from the storm surge and torrential rains.<br />The hospital opened last year and was “built to withstand a significant hurricane,” he<br />said, after Hurricane Ike caused severe damage to the former medical campus in 2008.<br />“Due to the slow motion of Harvey and a prolonged period of onshore flow,” the<br />hurricane center said, “water levels will remain elevated for several days.”<br />Forecasters called it the first “major hurricane” to hit the United States in nearly 12 years.<br />“We are hunkered down,” said William McKeon, the center’s president<br />and chief executive, speaking by phone from his office as the hurricane made landfall about 200 miles southwest of the city.<br />The hurricane center warned that the storm surge would peak between 9 to 13 feet above ground level in the Corpus Christi area.
