ABC NEWS / Corpus Christi, Texas / December 21, 2017
The tumultuous two weeks that would dramatically change the Weeks’ lives started on Friday, Aug. 25, 2017. Hurricane Harvey was barreling toward the Corpus Christi area of Texas, forecast to be a Category 3 storm or stronger when it made landfall. Only 40 hours before, the National Weather Service had predicted the storm would hit as a tropical depression. The young family scrambled to prepare.
But aside from securing their new home, they faced a more pressing challenge. Danielle Weeks was nine months pregnant and had been advised by her doctors not to travel far from Corpus Christi, where she had a cesarean section scheduled for the following week. If she missed her C-section because of the storm, it could put her life and her baby’s life in danger. And, if she went into labor early, during the hurricane, it could also prove dangerous.
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