Hurricane Harvey struck the Gulf Coast of Texas on Friday as a Category 4 storm. The Associated Press reported on Sunday that some areas have gotten 50 inches of rain. Universities across Houston, Galveston, and Corpus Christi have kept their students and staff updated regarding operating status and the physical condition of their campuses.
The university postponed the students’ move-in days, which were scheduled for Thursday and Friday, until “at least Sunday 8/27, at noon.” Texas A&M Corpus Christi also uploaded photos of the aftermath.
On Saturday, Texas A&M Corpus Christi’s Twitter account posted, “Initial damage assessments to campus are promising, plans for reopening are underway.”
About 250 miles Northeast of Corpus Christi, another coastal university Texas A&M Galveston evacuated its students by noon on Friday. The university announced on its website that move-in would continue on August 31 and that classes would resume on September 4.
Fifty miles inland, Rice University’s Dean of Undergraduates, John Hutchinson, published a letter expressing concern for the city of Houston, but he reassured students and parents that the campus is in decent condition, despite minor leaks and some collapsed trees.
Texas Southern University in Houston announced on Saturday morning that all the weekend’s campus events would be cancelled. Later that evening, its official Twitter page posted a photo of a group of students watching the MacGregor-Mayweather fight in a campus building.
