Oil prices were higher on Friday as refineries on the Gulf of Mexico shut down ahead of the biggest storm to hit the United States in more than a decade. CBC | World News
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Hurricane Harvey strengthens, threatens U.S. with most powerful storm in 12 years
A major storm over the Gulf of Mexico rapidly intensified early on Friday, taking aim at the heart of the U.S. coastal states and the nation’s oil refining epicentre. CBC | World News
Read More »Harvey officially a hurricane, with parts of Texas in its path
The U.S. National Hurricane Center says tropical storm Harvey is now Hurricane Harvey and is forecasting it will become a major hurricane. At least two cities along the Texas Gulf Coast are ordering mandatory evacuations. CBC | World News
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