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Article snippet: Read more on the storm here. • Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday, with 130 m.p.h. winds and rain battering coastal and inland communities. • The hurricane swept ashore as a Category 4 storm about 9:45 p.m., earlier than expected, just northeast of Corpus Christi. • Later, the storm made a second landfall — on the Northeastern Shore of Copano Bay. The hurricane was downgraded to a Category 3, with 125 m.p.h. winds. • More than 211,000 were without power on the Texas Gulf Coast, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said. Heavy building damage was reported in Port Aransas and in Rockport. • President Trump signed a disaster proclamation, allocating federal funds for state and local relief efforts. • The Environmental Protection Agency said late Friday it had lifted some gasoline requirements for Texas to address potential shortages resulting from Hurricane Harvey. The waiver allows for the sale of gasoline that does not comply with regular environmental guidelines until Sept. 15. • For breaking news, follow @nytimes on Twitter. National correspondents tracking the storm include @mannyNYT in Corpus Christi, @alanblinder and @ckrausss in Houston, @viaSimonRomero in Albuquerque, N.M., and @jswatz in New York. Hours before Hurricane Harvey was expected to make landfall, the governor and the mayor of Houston seemed at odds about whether to evacuate the nation’s fourth-largest city. Gov. Greg Abbott had warned at a news conference that the... Link to the full article to read more