Now that the hurricane has come on shore,
our primary concern remains dramatic flooding.
Our biggest concern is the possibility of
between 20 and 30 more inches of rain.
Hurricane Harvey: fatality confirmed as Texas battered by 'marathon' storm – latest updates
We're going to bring the blog to a close there, but we'll continue to follow the damage caused by the storm throughout the night and over the next few days here. Here is Tom Dart's latest news report from Houston:.
And here is a video report. One person died in a house fire as Hurricane Harvey roared across Rockport, Texas, overnight, mayor Charles J Wax said in a news conference on Saturday.
The victim was found after the storm passed inland, Wax said. He did not provide additional information about the victim. Reporter Brett Buffington of Houston's KHOU 11 News tweets more pictures of the destruction in Rockport.
Abbott said a voluntary evacuation ordered had been issued for the Brazos river region and a mandatory one for San Bernard, to the southwest of Houston.
All seven Texas counties on the coast from Corpus Christi to the western end of Galveston Island ordered mandatory evacuations from low-lying areas. Four counties ordered full evacuations and warned there was no guarantee of rescue for people staying behind.
Abbott said the state had expanded its disaster declaration by 20 counties, to 50, and had activated 1,800 members of the military to conduct search-and-rescue operations, including.
He warns the public to be observant of rising water and notes that it could be far deeper than it seems or the current far stronger. He talks about meeting evacuees from Corpus Christi. "They were happy to be alive.
but also concerned about what they had left behind, about the possibility that they had lost or would be losing the place they lived, or their property.".
He says he has increased the number of counties covered by the state disaster declaration and says the federal declaration issued by Donald Trump was extremely fast and important.
Our correspondent Tom Dart is in Houston right now, where the storm is making its presence felt 200 miles away. The storm is expected to head towards the city's metropolitan area, which is home to 6.8 million people.
Houston receives about 50 inches of rain on average a year.
Harris County, which includes Houston, is one of 14 counties under a tornado watch until 2am local time on Saturday, with fears that the arriving storm could spawn ideal conditions for tornado development.
One of the key concerns is flooding because the storm is predicted to now move up the coast towards Houston and stall for days, bringing continual rainfall.
Forecasters have warned of rising sea levels and 25 inches (63cm) or more of rain in some areas. Here is how things are going in Port Aransas, about 20 miles from Rockport.
Hurricane Harvey has now hit Texas as a category 4 storm. Tens of thousands of people have evacuated an area of coast that includes oil refineries, chemical plants and the flood-prone city of Houston.
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, warned that the monster system would be "a very major disaster" and some have compared it to Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest ever to strike the US.
Dennis Feltgen, a meteorologist for the National Hurricane Center, said: "We know that we've got millions of people who are going to feel the impact of this storm.
We will endeavour to keep you posted on all the latest developments here. If you see something pertinent, feel free to email me at graham.russell@theguardian.com or find me on Twitter @G_J_Russell. Updated at 301am BST.
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