The extremely dangerous storm is predicted to bring days of rain to southeast Texas starting on Aug. 25. (NASA/YouTube)
A brief-but-haunting video released by NASA on Thursday night shows Hurricane Harvey’s powerful churn toward Central Texas, where the slow-moving storm is expected to throttle coastal communities with high winds and up to 25 inches of rain.
The footage was captured just after 6 p.m. by cameras aboard the International Space Station, not long after the tropical cyclone — aided by warm water and favorable winds — regenerated over the Gulf of Mexico.
Harvey is expected to make landfall late Friday near Corpus Christi, striking as a Category 3 hurricane with wind speeds surpassing 111 miles per hour.
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Separate footage from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration includes striking views from one of its WP-3D Orion “hurricane hunter” aircraft as it flies through the storm’s eye.
A time-lapse video, recorded moments prior, shows the plane being jostled and pelted with rain before emerging in the storm’s relatively calm epicenter.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane hunter aircraft passed through Hurricane Harvey's eye on Aug. 24, as the storm rapidly intensified on its way to the Texas coast. (Lt Kevin Doremus/NOAA)
The National Hurricane Center has called Harvey’s sudden strengthening “astounding.”
It emerged as full-fledged hurricane only Thursday afternoon and already is predicted to be the most powerful storm to hit the United States since Hurricane Wilma battered south Florida 12 years ago.
As the Capital Weather gang reported earlier in the day, Harvey could dump up to 25 inches of rain — some isolated areas could see 35 inches — and result in massive, deadly flooding.
A big concern, meteorologists say, is the likelihood this storm will stall for four or possibly six days.
Corpus Christi has many low-lying areas and a barrier island. It’s located in Nueces County, which is home to about 360,000 residents.
Though the forecast has grown only more alarming, as of Thursday night local officials had not ordered any evacuations.
The surprise hurricane is poised to be the first major test of disaster response for the Trump administration, whose appointee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency — William B. “Brock” Long — was confirmed in June.
Joel Achenbach, Steven Mufson and Jason Samenow contributed to this report.
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