Hurricane Harvey is churning toward the southern coast of Texas and is expected to make landfall as a Category 3 hurricane late Friday or early Saturday. As Texans brace for the storm, eyes are on President Trump and his administration as he faces his first test of handling a national disaster as commander in chief.

The National Hurricane Center said Friday morning that Hurricane Harvey is “dangerously approaching” the Texas coast. The storm, which strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane overnight, is expected to bring with it 35 inches of rain and “catastrophic life-threatening flooding” when it makes landfall, the agency said.