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Harvey went from a tropical depression to a major hurricane and intensified rapidly to a category 4 hurricane with winds up to 130 mph. It made a landfall on August 25, 2017 at about 22:00 local time (August 26, 2017 3:00 UTC) near Rockport, Texas.
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