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Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, [nb 1] inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area ...
Over four days, Harvey dropped large amounts of rainfall, peaking at 60.58 inches (1,539 mm) in Nederland, Texas, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. [ 1 ] The highest gust from Harvey was recorded at 140 mph (230 km/h) in Rockport, Texas, where every single building was damaged by the storm.
Meteorological history of Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Harvey was the costliest tropical cyclone on record (tied with Hurricane Katrina of 2005), inflicting roughly $125 billion in damage across the Houston metropolitan area and Southeast Texas. [1] It lasted from mid-August until early September 2017, with many records for rainfall and landfall ...
Hurricane Harvey unleashed record levels of flooding in Texas, which now pose a major public health threat to the Texans forced to live in and around them.
Hurricane Harvey created a widespread flooding disaster in Houston after dropping 30 to 40 inches of rain across the entire metro in just 48 hours. While this week’s ongoing flooding is notable ...
Hurricane Harvey struck coastal Texas on Friday evening as the most powerful storm to hit the U.S. mainland in more than a decade.
The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was a devastating and extremely active Atlantic hurricane season that became the costliest on record, with a damage total of at least $294.92 billion (USD). [ nb 1 ] The season featured 17 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and 6 major hurricanes. [ nb 2 ] Most of the season's damage was due to hurricanes Harvey ...
Pets displaced by Hurricane Harvey in August 2017 ended up all the ... analyzed radar from 33 Atlantic hurricanes that hit the mainland U.S. or Puerto Rico between 2011 and 2020. All 33 storms ...