The devastating hurricane

barreling toward Texas has strengthened to a Category 4 storm.

The National Hurricane Center said the center of Hurricane Harvey now has sustained wind speeds of 130 mph as it churns off the Texas coast.

Forecasters are labeling it a “life-threatening storm.”

The storm quickly grew Thursday from a tropical depression into a Category 1 hurricane, and then developed into a Category 2 storm early Friday.

By Friday afternoon, it had become a Category 3 storm before strengthening to a category 4.

It’s forecast to make landfall in Texas late Friday or early Saturday.

#Harvey is just off the #Texas coast. These winds are unbelievable. #ksatnews#ksatwx#txwx. pic.twitter.com/e8csXOXUJF

— KSAT 12 (@ksatnews) August 25, 2017