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08-27-2017, 11:30 AM
Hurricane Harvey slams storm chasers: 'One of the worst hurricanes I've ever been in'
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Hurricane Harvey reserved its full ferocity for small towns along the Texas coast north of Corpus Christi, including Rockport, Texas, where storm chasers captured the scene.*
Josh Morgerman, who chases tropical cyclones like Harvey around the world, described the storm (https://twitter.com/iCyclone/status/901287463959834627) as "One of the worst hurricanes I've ever been in." The hotel he was staying in for shelter was nearly blown apart by the storm's 130-mile-per-hour sustained winds, along with higher gusts.*
SEE ALSO: Hurricane Harvey is the biggest flood threat of any U.S. storm in modern times (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hurricane-harvey-unprecedented-flood-risk/)
On Saturday morning, Morgerman posted that Rockport has been "smashed, stripped, and scrubbed" by the winds and storm surge from Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was the most intense storm to strike the U.S. since 2005 — before Twitter existed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/26/storm-chasers-harrowing-videos-hurricane-harvey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Hurricane Harvey reserved its full ferocity for small towns along the Texas coast north of Corpus Christi, including Rockport, Texas, where storm chasers captured the scene.*
Josh Morgerman, who chases tropical cyclones like Harvey around the world, described the storm (https://twitter.com/iCyclone/status/901287463959834627) as "One of the worst hurricanes I've ever been in." The hotel he was staying in for shelter was nearly blown apart by the storm's 130-mile-per-hour sustained winds, along with higher gusts.*
SEE ALSO: Hurricane Harvey is the biggest flood threat of any U.S. storm in modern times (http://mashable.com/2017/08/25/hurricane-harvey-unprecedented-flood-risk/)
On Saturday morning, Morgerman posted that Rockport has been "smashed, stripped, and scrubbed" by the winds and storm surge from Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was the most intense storm to strike the U.S. since 2005 — before Twitter existed. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/08/26/storm-chasers-harrowing-videos-hurricane-harvey/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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