CORPUS CHRISTI –
UPDATE 21.28 hours – Mayor Charles J. Wax of the Texas coastal town of Rockport has on Saturday announced in his church-the dead has fallen at the hands of hurricane Harvey. The person came to life because a fire was in his or her home. The victim was lifeless found after the cyclone weakened as the country was withdrawn. Wax gave no further details.
The governor of Texas Greg Abbott had just before let you know that he is still no reports about fatalities had reached. He stressed that the danger is gone. The storm, which up to now has been managed in the coastal region, according to weather forecasts locally in a total of 100 to 125 inches of rain pattering. The mayor of Houston, Sylvester Turner is expected in the coming days, a “water ballet” of 60 to 90 centimetres.
Oil and gas industry affected
Harvey also became the oil and gas industry in and around the Gulf of Mexico a lot. The staff of more than a hundred production platforms have been evacuated, and half of the drilling rigs shut down.
The supply of crude oil reduced this by about a quarter, or about 430.000 barrels per day. The daily delivery of natural gas decreased by more than 23 million cubic metres.