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HOUSTON Da'Ron Payne Jersey , Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Harvey has strengthened into a Category 4 storm Friday evening, the first storm with this kind of power to hit the U.S. state of Texas in 56 years.


Local residents are making preparations as it is expected to make landfall Saturday morning.


Residents in some areas in Texas can expect widespread flooding, rainfall through the weekend and numerous road closures. The American Red Cross has announced that dozens of shelters in the southern region are open to the public.


On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump arrived at Camp David in Maryland, where he tweeted that he was "closely watching the path and doings of Hurricane Harvey Vernon Davis Jersey , as it strengthens to a Category 3. BE SAFE!"


As Hurricane Harvey approaches, Governor of Texas Greg Abbott on Friday asked all Texans to heed the warnings of local officials.


"My priority, as we prepare for Hurricane Harvey, is the safety of those on and near the Gulf Coast," Abbott said Ryan Kerrigan Jersey , adding "that is why I am strongly urging all Texans in Harvey's path to heed warnings and evacuation orders from local officials before this storm makes landfall. My office is coordinating local, state and federal resources to prepare for and respond decisively to this storm -- Texans must also take action and treat this storm seriously."


According to the press release from the governor's office in Austin, the capital city of Texas, the governor has also asked Texans to review important safety information, instructions and tips Jordan Reed Jersey , such as looking at evacuation maps ahead of time.


Abbott said that Trump has promised to offer federal resources to Texas ahead of Hurricane Harvey's arrival.


Abbott thanked Trump for his pledge of support, and said state officials are working around the clock along with local and federal partners ahead of the storm.


At Abbott's order, more than 700 members of the Texas Army and Air National Guards, Texas State Guard and the Texas Military Department are on standby throughout the state.


As Hurricane Harvey is approaching Texas' refining hubs, gasoline prices have already begun to rise in some gas stations in Houston.


Motorists were waiting in line for refilling their tanks at many gas stations on Thursday and Friday Josh Norman Jersey , while some gas stations ran out of fuel at least temporarily on Friday morning.


More than 25 percent of U.S. gasoline is refined along the Texas Gulf Coast. More than 50 percent comes from the entire Gulf Coast region, including inland Texas and Louisiana, according to the U.S. Energy Department.


Guan Linhua, chairman of Houston-based Star Energy, told Xinhua that he believes the gasoline prices would go up a little bit due to the consequences of the hurricane.


He said the oil production in the Gulf of Mexico would be reduced due to the hurricane Alex Smith Jersey , but the effect on oil prices in the international market should be limited.


Several Gulf Coast petrochemical plants have been shut down. Other major refiners in the Houston and Galveston areas, such as Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Marathon Petroleum, said they're maintaining operations, but keeping a close watch on Hurricane Harvey.


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ANKARA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said here on Monday that his country will search for oil near Mount Qandil, a base for the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq.


Turkey owns oil blocks it wants to explore in the foothills of the Qandil mountain Sean Taylor Jersey , as part of its agreements with Baghdad and contracts with the Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, Yildiz told reporters in the Turkish capital.


"We'll launch drilling in Hindirin and Coman fields," he stated, adding that Turkey's peace talks with the PKK would bring new working areas in the energy sector.


The government-promoted talks with jailed leader of the PKK, Abdullah Ocalan Adrian Peterson Jersey , were launched in October 2012 to end a three-decade Kurdish insurgency and to disarm the group.


Last week, Ocalan called on the his followers to convene a congress to discuss disarmament of the group following an agreement with the government which pledges to enhance democratic rights of the Kurds in the country.


The PKK is listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and the European Union.


The 30-year conflict between the PKK and the Turkish government has claimed the lives of some 40,000 people so far. The armed wing of the group is based in Qandil mountains in northern Iraq.

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MEXICO CITY, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Police found the bodies of seven murdered men outside an avocado plantation on Thursday in the town of Salvador Escalante in the western state of Michoacan Redskin Kids Jersey , the state government announced.


The Michoacan prosecutor-general's office said the bodies were found next to a path connecting Salvador Escalante with the neighboring town of Ario de Rosales.


Photos published by local media show the seven bodies face down on the side of the road. The victims have not been identified by the police at this time but investigators believe they were local farmers.


Michoacan has long been known as one of Mexico's more violent states with a number of violent criminal gangs fighting for control of local drug trade.


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