Add alligators to list of dangers Texans face during Harvey

Deputies ask public to beware of displaced alligators during storm

FORT BEND COUNTY, Texas – Authorities in Texas' Fort Bend County were warning residents that Harvey was displacing alligators Saturday. 

After the storm made landfall in the Texas' Gulf Coast as a Category 4, the rain caused some flooding and rain. Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office deputies spotted several alligators roaming around in residential neighborhoods. 

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"Expect them to be displaced. Simply looking for higher ground," FBCSO tweeted. "Leave alone until water recedes."

Harvey made landfall Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. Meteorologists have gradually degraded the storm. As of 6 a.m. Saturday, Harvey was a Category 1 storm with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph.

Authorities had to yet to assess the overnight damage of the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade.  

The photos showed an alligator in a drive way, at the entrance of a home and under a car. 


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