Hurricane Harvey made landfall northeast of Corpus Christi at around 10pm on August 25 with maximum sustained winds of 209km/h.
The storm will move slowly through Texas and Louisiana over the next few days and is expected to produce waves as high as 4 meters with heavy rain, according to Reuters.
According to Daily Mail, due to the impact of the super typhoon, roads were flooded, many houses collapsed, many people were trapped inside and more than 155,000 people living in the area had no power.
The town of Rockport was one of the hardest hit in Harvey's travel itinerary. Local authorities have called on those who do not evacuate to avoid the storm to write their full names and social security numbers on their arms to prevent casualties in the super typhoon.
According to local rescue and media officials, many buildings, schools, apartments and hotels were damaged in the storm. Some are used as shelters for people.
Steve Sims, a rescue worker in Rockport, said that mobile and internet services in the town of more than 10,000 people have been cut. About 2/3 of the town's residents have been evacuated.
Hurricane Harvey is expected to cause extensive damage. About 6 million people are believed to be on the path of Hurricane Harvey.
This is one of the biggest storms in the past decade in the US since Hurricane Katrina killed more than 1,800 people in 2005. The center of Hurricane Harvey (right) compared to Hurricane Katrina that devastated the United States 12 years ago (left).
When President Donald Trump left the White House to Camp David on the afternoon of August 25, he told Texans: " may everyone be lucky. Everyone will be safe. In addition, President Donald Trump spoke with governors of Texas and Louisiana, where Hurricane Harvey swept through.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned residents about Hurricane Harvey.
A woman in the city of Corpus Christi was helped get on a bus to evacuate when Hurricane Harvey made landfall.
The cruiser USS Lexington, a disused aircraft carrier now a museum, is located in Corpus Christi Bay during rough seas.
Strong winds hit a house on Father's Island as Hurricane Harvey moved into the city of more than 320,000 Corpus Christi residents.
