[whipping winds] >> hurricane harvey wreaking havoc across southeastern texas this morning. it made landfall at 11:00 p.m. anne continues to unleash it's fury with punishing winds and rains. christie ileto joins us. we have the latest on hurricane harvey lashing the gulf coast with damaging winds and torrential rainfall. >> the monster storm made landfall as a powerful category 4, but weakening as it crawls across the land. the slammed into rock port north of corpus christi. it's dark in texas, but we've begun to receive pictures,

there's possible tornadoes spawned from the storm, trees are down and appears to be a wall down from the wind. >> reporter: good morning you can tell the wind and rain and lightning and thunder have picked up in the heart of houston. hurricane harvey is a category one storm 90-mile an hour winds it's picking up right here. it came on land as a category 4, it's been downgraded as you can tell by the conditions out here, it doesn't mean anything to the people around here. millions in the path of the storm waiting to see what happens next. no audio. in more than a decade. this is not anything that's going to be a quick one and done. we're not measuring in inches of rain, but feet of rain. >> reporter: residents of texas,

mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest. rock port texas, trees on the roads, emergency crews responding to the damage. >> i fear we'll see some severe damage, we have not been able to get out and see what we got going, it's not looking good. >> reporter: the mayor urging those who stayed behind to write their name and social security number on their arms with a sharpy. residents of corpus christi under a voluntary evacuation order. >> it's a constant howl out there, you hear the wind, but you don't hear the rain, even though the rain is going on. you can hear the boards on the house shaking. >> reporter: winds so fierce they rattled the ceiling tile on the our affiliates. >> they need to prepared to be

without power and inadequate access to food and supplies for couple of days. >> reporter: a possible tornadoes has touched down in the suburbs of southwest of houston. emergency officials on the ground are checking damage trying to check on people there. near corpse -- corpus christi, we have problems there. rock port south of where i'm standings right here, senior living facility roof was ripped off and collapsed. the people being brought to the county jail to get treatment. reporting live from houston, abc news, back to you. >> thank you. intense and dangerous situation in texas. of course we've been monitoring the monster storm for days and keep track of its path as it unleashes its winds and rains on the folks of texas.

over to chris sowers at the big board with the latest. >> reporter: good morning to you, christy and gray. thinking about where the storm started, 24 hours ago it was a tropical storm. it made landfall as a category four hurricane the first one to hit 2004. and it's been a long time since we've seen a monster to remember like this. there's the eye, we have hurricane warnings in effect for the southeast coast. we have tornado warnings this red box here which includes the downtown houston area where we're starting to pick up flooding. let's flip it over to the storm tracker 6 live we've zoomed into the victoria area. hurricane force winds are down to 90 miles per hour. they extend outward from the center 35 miles per hour. it's this area right here that's

picking up the hurricane force winds. everyone else seeing 40 to 60-mile an hour winds gusts with the feeder bands that continue to come onshore. we have a buoy report southeast winds gusts up to 77 miles per hour with sustained winds up to 54 miles per hour that's within the feeder bands that continue to work their way ashore from the open waters of the gulf of mexico. hurricane warnings continue south of corpus christi to victoria, south of houston under a tropical storm warning we're expecting winds gusts lither to the tune of let's say 40 to 70 miles per hour. what to expect over the next five days with little movement, the national hurricane center is using the same wording they used with katrina back in 2005. cat strorveg -- catastrophic flooding and extended power outages and areas could be without power for 4 to 7 days.

we have another one moving up the eastern seaboard, where does that want to go? i'll have that in the seven day in just a few minutes. >> hurricane harvey is having impacts in our area, flights in and out of the storm's path have been canceled. >> jeff chirico spoke with travelers who activated last minute changes to the their travel plans because of harvey's pending arrival. >> reporter: university of pennsylvania student jennifer lee is counting her blessings, she got a flight out of houston she'll start classes next week while her family rides out a potentially catastrophic storm. >> pretty concerned, everybody is concerned about what will happen during the storm, the level of flooding and what will happen afterwards. >> reporter: as flights arrived from houston, passengers express uncertainty about what they will see when they return. >> we live north of the city,

we're fine. the people who are in the city in the apartments, on the streets, they are going to be not in good shape if the storm stays. >> reporter: the boards don't show it, but the airlines have grounded more than 200 weekend flights across the country, waiving rebooking fees as many scramble to get out. >> my flight was full and they were offering people to stay back. >> reporter: did anyone volunteer? >> i don't think so. >> reporter: marty cut his trip short to san antonio and will watch the storm from afar. >> they have a nice home and they are on high ground, i think they will be okay. >> reporter: major airlines are offering travel vouchers could people can rebook for no extra charge. if you have a flight scheduled for this weekend, check the website for the flight status before you head to the airport. at philadelphia international,

jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> of course we'll continue to follow hurricane harvey and the aftermath at 6abc and 6abc.com. our website is streaming live coverage from our sister station in houston all weekend long. >> breaking news, a family was the victim of a scary home invasion in southwest philadelphia. four men wearing masks broke into the home in the 2,000 block of south 64th street early this morning. they tied up the family and stole a safe. police are looking for the suspects. >> 7:08 a.m. philadelphia police right now investigating a suspicious shooting according to investigators a driver who was rushing the shooting victim to presbyterian hospital flagged down police and said the 22-year-old was shot near the intersection of greenway avenue and cemetary avenue in southwest philadelphia after 2:00 a.m. police assisted with

transporting the victim to the hospital. the person is in critical condition. investigators say they found a ski mask in the shooting victim's car. happening in delaware county firefighters battled a three-alarm fire at an apartment building in sharon hill. chopper 6 hd over the scene of the 1,000 block of woodland avenue where crews were called at 2:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon to reports of an explosion. flames shot through the roof and thick smoke flooded the area. one resident was taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation. >> when i came out, only thing you could see was black smoke. >> the whole neighborhood was just, it was like a smoke bomb went off, you couldn't see anything. >> that fire was placed under control around 9:00 p.m. the buildings was immediately torn down. the red cross is helping 14 people displaced by the fire. >> still ahead on "action news," on a saturday morning, a

dump truck crashes into an overhead sign causing whoa, causing major problems for folks there in texas. >> trees and power lines are down just some of the damage from hurricane harvey after the slammed ashore in texas, we'll have the latest coming up. chris. >> reporter: coming up in weather for us back home it's a delightful august weekend. high temperatures topping out in the upper 70s, no humidity and ton of sunshine. i'll have the details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast plus the latest on harvey when we come right back. [whipping winds].

>> listen to the winds this is video from corpus christi as winds reached 100 miles per hour. right now more than 200,000 people are without power, this is video from missouri city, texas where a possible tornadoes touched down. it looks like the roof was

ripped off this home and minor injuries have been reported there, wow. incredible, started off as a category four weekend. >> reporter: it started out as a small little tropical storm, 24 hours later it ballooned into this huge category four storm with winds up to 130 miles per hour. now that it is over land it lost its fuel source. winds have dropped down to 835 miles per hour. it will weaken as it makes its way farther inland. let's take a look at the satellite image shot. we'll go for an infared shot. we have colored cloud tops. the strongest part of the storm is indicate bide the bright reds which are wrapped around the center of the circulation southwest of victoria, 90 miles per hour southeast of san antonio texas. there's houston. we have the heavy feeder bands

working onshore. corpus christi is out of the clear as far as the storm surge is concerned. it came onshore here it's this part of texas that saw the flooding that wall of water came in and devastated this part of texas, here. we'll find out just how bad the damage was as we start to pick up daylight which is happening now. 85 miles per hour category one storm. pressure 972 millibars. the storm is starting to weaken. the gust are as high as 100 miles per hour maybe more than that. what will happen over the next few days, we have a blocking area of high pressure to the northwest moving in across the four corner states. there's an area of high pressure blocking over my shoulder through here. the storm has nowhere to go with the jet stream so far to the north it's not even in the graphic there's no steering mechanism, it's sitting there. over the next several days, the

national hurricane center suggests it will do a loop close to the coast again and move back inland as a as a tropical depression here. we're looking at heavy drenching rain in an area that easily floods to begin with. houston you get thunderstorms you get flooding. the problem with this part of the texas it's ten feet above sea level. it's low to begin with. you get a system 20 to 30 inches of rain, some areas up to 40 inches of rain you'll have a tremendous problem. some of the rainfall totals ten inches now. we're protecting 30 inches of rain in victoria, 18 inches in houston. a big, big problem for those folks down there. for us, gorgeous out there. 54 in allentown. 67 in philadelphia. 46 in the poconos. nothing going on. high pressure in control, wall-to-wall blue skies, we'll keep it that way today, a couple

of puffy cumulus clouds later on. same set up tomorrow. monday, increase in clouds, but temperature-wise very, very nice, highs in the low 70s. 679 degrees today mostly sunny and pleasant. norm at is 84. they don't call it the dog days for no reason. it could be down right awful out there. 75 by 11:00 a.m., 77 by 1:00 p.m. 79 by 4:00 p.m. the poconos, feeling like fall, the highs not getting out of the 60s. sunny and cooler high of 70 tomorrow. jersey shore, 77 today, 75 tomorrow, low risk for rip currents today and tomorrow, moderate risk as we head into monday, maybe a high risk for tuesday, be careful with that as we head into next week. upper 70s, monday increasing clouds 77. tuesday, cloudy maybe a shower as the florida system works up the coast we'll see how far the rains get we're posting a shower

now, 73. wednesday, clouds and sun, tempts in the 70s. >> thank you. some people are not ready for fall. >> reporter: i'm ready. >> me, too, chris, i love fall. not the winter, but love fall. cal andle ruddman are in the art of middle middle -- . >> reporter: cal ruddman in 1968 he started his friday morning quarterback a trade magazine that would become the top music bible locally and nationally. >> i've been on the air in philadelphia since 15 years of age. >> reporter: he began his career as a teacher and when he and his wife started the cal and lucille

foundations, education was a must. they started a program called raise preparing 25 south jersey highliers -- high schoolers a career for medicine. >> after the program i'm thinking about becoming a neuro surgeon. >> withoutr generosity this program would not have taken place. >> reporter: asked why they do at do. >> because i can because that's i wanted to do with my money, that's the way i was born and raised by my parents. >> reporter: cal is the son of a north philadelphia grocer who funded his college education by earning scholarships and fellowships. >> we had help along the way by other people we wanted toive others the opportunity that we had. >> reporter: by giving back they hope to inspire others to do the

same. >> one of the best thing we get out of it is the thank you notes from the young people who went through the program. it's motivating us to continue to do this. >> reporter: tamala edwards channel 6 "action news." >> so glad you're waking up

with us saturday morning, 7:21 a.m., live picture coming in froexas as we keep our eyes on hurricane harvey. this system made landfall friday night, category four downgraded to category one that happened afte meteorologist chris sowers tracking the system, wind not a major factor what's a concern in texas is the rain. a lot of flooding is expected. we'll keep an eye on it all morning. the driver of a dump truck

found himself in a dangerous position when he ran into the overhead highway sign with a bucket still raised. it happened in houston, texas. the impact mangled the sign and sent it crashing on to the road. boy that would be scary. the highway was shut down for hours while cruise cleared up the wreckage. >> a terrifying end to a police chase in ohio. the police officer was run over when he tried to stop the burglary suspect. the incident happened last weekend, the police released the dash cam video. during the chase, speeds reach up to 100 miles per hour, but at one point the suspect's truck spun out, that's when the deputy ran toward the truck with the gun drawn. the truck sped up pinning the deputy to the ground. police arrested the suspect who they said was incoherent.

thank goodness, the sheriff's deputy is okay. >> reporter: welcome back

everyone, 7:25 a.m., saturday morning, we've been talking about hurricane harvey and rightfully so. i want to talk about invest, that will cross over and move into the open waters of the atlantic. let's take a look at the forecast modeling. as we start you out this morning, ler this afternoon it crosses over the peninsula b 8:00 it's off daytona beach or melbourne.

north, tuesday, the modeling is picking this up, there shall an area of high pressure right here, the high should be strong enough to knock it out to sea. mason dixon line if you were to draw it east through south jersey and delaware that could see showers on tuesday, but again, we'll have to watch this because the high is slower to come in, it will allow the low to come up the coast. guys,. >> thank you to that. phillies fails the cubs for the second game in the series at the bank they are hoping for a repeat of last night's big win. >> soul are gearing up to s with alleir arena bowl title. your saturday morning sports. >> reporter: hello, again, phillies got good pitching but that was overshadowed by the super rookie. reese hoskins, you got to be kidding me, his 9th homer in

16 games. else the fastest in mlb history to get to 9. >> reporter: carson wentz tweeted, been busy in training camp, but reese hoskins has been busy for the phillies. hernandez, 3 run triple for hernandez, phillies 5-1. phillies win 7-1. here's hoskins. >> you get into the zones, you know you can't explain it, there's a lot of bliss, no thinking involved, korea it's just one of those things, i'm not missing. >> so nonchalant about it. >> reporter: eagles have been thinking chemistry they had it gains the dolphins.

he threw a bomb to tory smith. sail shawn jeffrey on a 15-yard td pass. the they look better, but they want consistency. >> there are good things and right now the best thing we made it through healthy for the most part, we can dial in on the redskins for the next couple of weeks. >> philadelphia soul on the brink of back-to-back championships. yesterday was media day for arena bowl 30. the soul host the tampa bay storm tonight. seoul could owner, ron jaworski is just as pump as the players are. >> we expect to win. >> it would be great to win 18 straight at home. we want to go 1-0. it's been a wonderful run we've had. our fans are a big part of that.

it would be wonderful to get it done. >> you can see arena bowl 30 on 6abc. the soul and storm meet at 7:00 p.m. it's the night of the big fight, floyd mayweather junior and connor mcgreger made weight yesterday. the undefeated boxer against the enemy fighter. trash talker during the weigh in. that's a look at sports, i'm ducis deuce you have yourself a terrific weekend.

>> battered by winds abbey rain hurricane harvey is on land in southeastern texas where it caused roofs to cave in and knock out hour to hundreds of thousands. a three-alarm fire leaves a dozen people with nothing but the clothes on their backs. >> the calendar says summer, it will feel like fall. this is a live look from our sky6 live hd platt bridge. >> what were you saying, christie ileto? >> i don't want fall. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast you love fall. >> reporter: i'm so over summer, you know me, i would rather have a good snowstorm.

hurricane harvey made landfall around 11:00 p.m. as a category four storm at rock port. it had wind gusts up to 140 miles per hour. huge storm. the problem with the system it's moving to the northwest, extremely slowly. only 6 miles per hour so it's crawling essential. right now situated 135 miles per hour southwest of houston, there's the center of circulation drifting off to the northwest. because there's no steering flow aloft the storm will sit here and spin for the next several days. some areas could pick up to 20 to 30 inches of rain with isolated heavier amounts up to 40 inches of rain. we'll give you an prospective of how much water there is, some areas could see an year's worth of rain from this storm. we see the cloud tops spike as

high as 50,000 feet we're seeing the heaviest thunderstorms. we're seeing the eye close a little bit which is a sign the storm is weakening. the national hurricane center is using the word they use in 2005 when hurricane katrina struck new orleans. catastrophic flooding extended power outages and homes and neighborhoods could see roof and wall failures. neighborhoods could be uninhabitable for weeks if not months. when i come back i'll have more on hurricane harvey and the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> hurricane harvey has weakens since it hit south texas late friday night, but it continues to drop heavy amounts. rainfall. >> this is a live picture coming in from houston, texas. you can see this is a shot of the center city skyline. appears that things are beginning to settle down. we don't know the full extent of the damage, but we have seen

video buildings damage and roofs torn off homes and trees and power lines toppled and as daylight gets closer we'll see more damage and see the extent of the damage. we know 200,000 people are without power. we just got this video of a massive fire. you see in the background that fire destroyed homes near galveston, texas. no word on how the fire started. witnesses say the strong winds helped to spread the fire. >> it's a constant howl out there, you hear the wind, you don't hear the rain even though the rain is going on. you can hear the boards on the house shaking. >> an intense and frightening scene for the folks in texas. this piece of video right here from had his ms. -- missouri ciy texas where a possible tornadoes touchdown. we're told minor injuries report there had.

president donald trump who will visit the area next week has assigned a disaster declaration for the state of texas. >> delaware valley will see a low impact from hurricane harvey most affecting travelers, airlines grounded 200 flights across the country this weekend. many waiving rebooking fees as they cramp to get out of tax tax. if you're heading to the airport this weekend make sure you check the airline website before you leave home. hurricane harvey is having an huge impact petroleum production these dots on the map represent refineries along the gulf coast. texas gulf coast is home to one-third of the united states oil production. >> production sites they want to get back online as quickly as possible, but, again, we don't

know how much damage the storm will do. >> experts predict gas prices could rise 5 to 15 cents per balance in the wake of the hurricane. local red cross has loaded trucks ready to help those in need in texas after the storm. le call center said it's handling calls from people who want to help out. red cross regional ceo said the best ways to help is to give blood or cash donation by phone, online or text. >> if you can give blood, giving blood matters we'll get it to the people who need it. >> a handful of red cross volunteers from philadelphia heading to texas and philadelphia firefighter an urban search and rescue experts heading to texas as part of a federal task force. national weather service says parts of south texas could be left uninhabitable for weeks or months. stay with "action news" and

6abc.com for continuing coverage of hurricane harvey, we'll have the latest updates on air and online at 6abc.com. >> the investigation into what started a large apartment fire in delaware county continues. more than a dozen people will have to find a new home. part of the building had to be torn down to help firefighters to get control of the flames inside the apartment buildings in sharon hill. the fire burned for 6 hours. one resident was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation. american red cross is assisting all residents who don't have a place to go back to. >> from our new jersey bureau, the former chief of the audubon park volunteer fire company is heading to prison. camden county judge ordered a 6 year sentenced for john terr terrusso, he used a fire station computer to use and distribute disturbing images and videos. he must register as a sex

offender. >> we have details and memorial service for state senator jim whalen it will be held september 13 at boardwalk hall. governor chris christie ordered allstate buildings to fly flags at half staff on the day of his memorial service. he died of a heart attack. supporters of senator pat toomey demonstrated in old city gathering outside his office to say thank you for fighting for republican values. they wanted to counter the protests by democrats that have been weekly since the election. mayor kenny's new policy to release the names of officers of police involved shootings hit a temporary road block. fraternal order of police went to court seeking an order after black lives matter protesters

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in from fulton, texas a chair and other debris flying in the wind there. you see the rain and wind whipping around properties, of course, decimated. there was a warning damage could happen. you can barely see the backgrounds of this video. you can see the chair whipping across the screen. thankfully no deaths so far have been reported. this is early, unfortunately we'll see damage like this as we begin to see daylight.

the scope of the furry beginning to take shape for the folks of texas. >> it's a strongest hurricane to hit the u.s. in more than a decade. it's the category had hurricane to hit texas since 2004. natasha has been monitoring hurricane harvey all night long. >> reporter: things have picked up here, the rain, thunder and lightning we're seeing what hurricane harvey has in store for us, we've been waiting, although it's a category one now, it doesn't mean anything, it packing a punch, strons winds out here, millions of people all waiting and watching tv and wondering what's going to happen next. hurricane harvey roaring on to the gulf coast. >> the best way to describe it is a continue can being kicked

down the road. >> reporter: the strongest in the u.s. in more than a decade. >> this is not going to be a quick one and done. we're not measuring in inches of rain, but feet of rain. >> reporter: residents of texas, mississippi and louisiana getting hit the hardest. rockport texas right in its path. trees on roads, buildings destroyed. emergency crews facing difficulty responding to the damage. >> we have not been able to get out and see what we've got going, it's not looking good. >> reporter: the mayor urging those who stayed behind to write their name and social security number on their arms with a sharpy. residents of corpus christi under a voluntary evacuation orderly. winds so powerful it blew off the highway sign. >> you hear the wind, you don't hear the rain, even though the rain is going on. the wind is definitely going, you you can hear the boards on the house shaking. >> reporter: winds so fierce they rattled the ceiling tile at

our affiliate. governor activating 100 members of national guard and pleading with residents who didn't evacuate to have a plan. >> they need to prepare to be without power and inadequate access to food and supplies for a couple of days. >> reporter: now, just in the last hour or so, we got word that a possible tornadoes touched down southwest of where i'm standing in houston, suburb of missouri city. assessing damage with emergency officials we know that a roof may have collapsed in that neighborhood. down about four hours south us near corpus christi emergency officials say a lot of damage there, still dark outside, it will take a while to see what happened. north of there in rock port hours away from houston, senior living philadelphia roof collapsed on residents.

taking the seniors emergency officials to a county jail to check on them and help them out. lots going on and still through today and tomorrow, parts of texas and louisiana, the winds are picking up, the tornadoes watch in effect until tomorrow. reporting live from houston, look at the winds, natasha barrett, back to you. >> our thoughts to you and your family and other good folks in texas, thanks for your reporting. 7:46 a.m., meteorologist chris sowers keeping an eye on our forecast, chris you mentioned this is not a winds event it's a rain event that's the problem. >> reporter: if there's any good news with the storm, and believe me there's not much. the hurricane wynfield is 35 to 40 miles per hour where i am in williams town that's my trip to work, to city avenue, that's where it is, 35 miles per hour. it hit in an area that was not

populated. now we'll see rains and flooding down there, that's the bad news. live on sky6 live hd, we'll talk about our weather here, actually we'll go cape may, i'll follow you. >> radar is what they are calling for. >> reporter: radar, tell me what you want me to do, all right, well, here we go, 67 degrees is the present temperature reading in philadelphia, with the dewpoint 51, winds out of the north northeast at 9 miles per hour, the pressure is holding steady, your ocean temperature is 74 degrees. what we'll do we'll knock out our weather first and talk about harvey in just a moment. 46 in the poconos. reading, 54. very fall like. philadelphia, 67. millville, 62. cape may, checking in at 64. here's satellite and radar so we had a cold front slam through here earlier in the week that brought severe weather to parts of the area monday into tuesday,

what it did it knocked all the humidity out, it left us with a nice refreshing fall-like feel across the mid atlantic and the northeast. this is high pressure here it will grip the area over the next two days. today 79 degrees is the forecasted high, with the light breeze out of the north/northeast. jersey shore, high temperatures in the mid 70s. sunny and nice, 76 in beach haven. cape may, 77. close to 80 degrees for the delaware beaches. now, there's no risk for rip currents today or at least i should say there's a low risk for rip currents. it's on the low side today. this will increase monday and tuesday and go to moderate and maybe high as we head into tuesday afternoon. now, let's focus on hurricane harvey for that this is storm tracker 6 live we set it in motion, west of rock port it's moving over victoria, you can see the outer edges, the feeder

bands wrapping around this thing. flooding in houston, barrier islands. corpus christi the return flow is out of the west/northwest, this is an offshore flow, terrible flooding up here. the spaghetti plots each line represents a particular forecast model. we would like to see all the lines packed together, that would represent agreement within the modeling. this is telling me the modeling has no idea where it's going over the next 3 to 5 days. these models here would be a nightmare scenario because the low would go back over the warm waters of the gulf that would push toward houston. these models show it meanders back around here, that means

tropical storm not a hurricane. it will produce a tremendous amount of rain, flooding a nightmare, corpus christi picked up ten inches of rain, expecting 17. victoria 10 inches of rain, 28 is forecasted here. that extends into southwestern louisiana lake charles forecasterring 7 inches of -- forecasting 7 inches of rain. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast sunny and nice today, 79. same thing for sunday. monday increasing clouds as we watch the coast, a system crosses over the peninsula of florida today. it could bring showers and rain to the area tuesday. generally speaking this is about as nice as it ever gets in this part of the country for august, 79 degrees and sunny. sounds good, we'll be right back.

[winds]. >> brand new video of hurricane harvey fury, the erie howl of 100-mile an hour plus winds, the eye of the storm blew into town releasing incredible wind and rain. take a look at this, homes and businesses in rock port left in ruins, a school and senior center among the places badly damaged. hundreds of thousands of power outages reported on the texas gulf coast. >> and next meteorologist chris sowers will take a final look at the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. stay with us we'll see you back after the break as we leave you with this beautiful glimpse of cape may, new jersey. >> all ri,

this live like coming in from galveston texas, appears to be raining again, hurricane harvey has weakened to a category one, forecasters say water leaves rise with torrential rain and blasting winds continue over the next few days. the eye of the storm reached rock port texas category four storm. winds 130 miles per hour. leaving homes an buildings damage and trees and street signs toppled. we'll get a better look throughout the morning as daylight approaches we'll get a better extent of the damage left behind by harvey. meteorologist chris sowers has the exclusive accuweather

seven-day forecast. >> reporter: it's nice and dry here along the eastern seaboard. the dog days of august will feel like fall. 79 mostly sunny skies, monday increasing clouds, 77. look at tuesday's high, 73. that's normal for the end of september or the beginning of october. nice stuff is on the way. enjoy it because i'll tell you we had enough of all the heat and humidity. >> i have not. >> whatever christie. >> next "good morning america" weekend has extended coverage of hurricane harvey that slammed ashore in texas overnight atlanta. we'll have more stories we're working on a cat cafe opened in philadelphia a look at the business trying to help felines find their forever home. for chris sowers, christie ileto and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day.

good morning, america. breaking news as we come on the air. hurricane harvey making landfall as a massive category 4 storm steering into the state of texas packing 130-mile-an-hour winds and torrential rain. the monster storm ripping apart buildings. the search is on this morning for anyone who may be trapped. harvey now the most powerful storm to hit the continental u.s. in more than a decade. overnight, the white house issuing a disaster declaration. the national guard deployed. thousands evacuated from harvey's violent path. >> this is going to be a very major disaster. >> the force of the storm lighting up utility lines. hundreds of thousands without

power right now. the lone