Hurricane Harvey's devastating Texas impact: 8 tweets

Sunday, August 27, 2017, 7:45 AM - Hurricane Harvey was a massively powerful hurricane late last week, reaching as high as Category 4 before making landfall in Texas late Friday into early Saturday.

Though now downgraded to a tropical storm, deaths have been reported and thousands of people have been forced to evacuate, and those that remained are having to cope with widespread devastation and extreme flooding.

Social media was the source of stunning - and frightening - imagery of the storm as rolled ashore. Here are 8 tweets of the damage left in its wake:

Harvey will batter Texas this weekend, so check back for more updates.