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WOAI<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017 (emphasis added): Hurricane Harvey is setting its sights on the area around Corpus Christi\u2026 Located not far from where Harvey is expected to make landfall is the South Texas Nuclear Project nuclear power plant<\/b>. Spokesman Buddy Eiler says the facility was \u2018designed to sustain a storm,\u2019 and there are plans in place to shut down operations if necessary\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n STP Nuclear Operating Co.<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: A Hurricane Warning has been declared for several counties in Southeast Texas, including Matagorda County<\/b>. Hurricane Harvey is expected to make landfall near Corpus Christi on Friday, possibly as a category 3\u2026 At STP, we are tracking this storm closely and are making on-site preparations<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n STP Nuclear Operating Co.<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: It is expected to intensify to a Category 3 hurricane before landfall\u2026 Significant flooding<\/b> is likely for much of coastal and southeast Texas\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Washington Post<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: The extremely dangerous storm<\/b> is predicted to strengthen and plow into southeast Texas on Friday\u2026 An incredible amount of rain\u2026 up to 35 inches<\/b>, is predicted along the middle and upper Texas coast, because the storm is expected to stall and unload torrents for four to six straight days<\/b>\u2026 Marshall Shepherd, a past-president of the American Meteorological Society, tweeted that he feared an \u201cepic flood catastrophe<\/b>.\u201d\u2026 \u201cIn all these years, it\u2019s rare that I\u2019ve seen a hurricane threat that concerns me as much as this one does<\/b>,\u201d said Rick Knabb, hurricane expert at The Weather Channel and formerly the director of the National Hurricane Center\u2026 So much rain is predicted that the National Weather Service had to add a new high-end category to its forecast map<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: Biblical Flooding<\/i><\/b> Expected With Hurricane Harvey<\/i>\u2026 NOAA\u2019s 3 KM WRF model shows a landfall pressure of 912 millibars\u2026 which suggests a Category 4-5 intensity storm coming ashore near Corpus Christi<\/b>\u2026 some meteorologists were agog over Harvey\u2019s rainfall potential, using words like \u201cunsettling\u201d and \u201cborderline unfathomable<\/b>.\u201d\u2026 All of these signals point to a setup that favors a major disaster<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Bloomberg<\/a><\/span>, Aug 25, 2017: \u201cWe are expecting catastrophic, life-threatening flooding in Southeastern Texas<\/b>,\u201d said Carl Erickson, a senior meteorologist for AccuWeather\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n New Republic<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: [R]ainfall looks like it could produce truly unprecedented flooding<\/b>, as meteorologist Eric Holthaus has pointed out\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n KIII<\/a><\/span>, Aug 25, 2017: Estimated winds could top 125 miles per hour with gusts up to 145 mph<\/b>\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n KENS transcript<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: \u201cDouble-digit rainfall totals \u2014 and some nearly apocalyptic<\/b> \u2014 are within reach. I mean this really could go to 20, 30 inches of rain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n CBS News transcript<\/a><\/span>, Aug 24, 2017: \u201cWe are talking epic flooding<\/b> is possible in Eastern Texas \u2014 and that\u2019s not an exaggeration.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Watch broadcasts: <\/i>CBS<\/i><\/span><\/a> | <\/i>KENS<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n