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Hurricane Harvey: Impact and Damage Overview

Hurricane Harvey was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005, dropping unprecedented rainfall over eastern Texas and causing catastrophic flooding. Harvey stalled over the region for four days, depositing over 40 inches of rain in many areas. The resulting floods displaced over 30,000 people and prompted more than 17,000 rescues. Harvey caused at least 83 confirmed deaths and an estimated $70-200 billion in economic losses, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

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Hurricane Harvey: Impact and Damage Overview

Hurricane Harvey was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since 2005, dropping unprecedented rainfall over eastern Texas and causing catastrophic flooding. Harvey stalled over the region for four days, depositing over 40 inches of rain in many areas. The resulting floods displaced over 30,000 people and prompted more than 17,000 rescues. Harvey caused at least 83 confirmed deaths and an estimated $70-200 billion in economic losses, making it one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history.

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Hurricane Harvey was an extremely destructive Atlantic hurricane which became the first

major hurricane[nb 1] to make landfall in the United States since Wilma in 2005, ending a record
12-year drought in which no hurricanes made landfall at such an intensity in the country. In a
four-day period, many areas received more than 40 inches (100 cm) of rain as the system
meandered over eastern Texas and adjacent waters, causing catastrophic flooding. With peak
accumulations of 51.88 in (131.8 cm), Harvey is the wettest tropical hurricane on record in the
contiguous United States. The resulting floods inundated hundreds of thousands of homes,
displaced more than 30,000 people, and prompted more than 17,000 rescues.

The eighth named storm, third hurricane, and the first major hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic
hurricane season, Harvey developed from a tropical wave to the east of the Lesser Antilles,
reaching tropical storm status on August 17. The storm crossed through the Windward Islands on
the following day, passing just south of Barbados and later near Saint Vincent. Upon entering the
Caribbean Sea, Harvey began to weaken due to moderate wind shear and degenerated into a
tropical wave north of Colombia early on August 19. The remnants were monitored for
regeneration as it continued west-northwestward across the Caribbean and the Yucatn
Peninsula, before redeveloping over the Bay of Campeche on August 23. Harvey then began to
rapidly intensify on August 24, regaining tropical storm status and becoming a hurricane later
that day. While the storm moved generally northwest, Harvey's intensification phase stalled
slightly overnight from August 2425; however, Harvey soon resumed strengthening and quickly
became a major hurricane and attained Category 4 intensity later that day. Hours later, Harvey
made landfall near Rockport, Texas, at peak intensity. Afterwards, rapid weakening ensued, and
Harvey had degraded to a tropical storm as it stalled near the coastline of the state, dropping
torrential and unprecedented amounts of rainfall over the Lone Star state. On August 28, it
emerged back over the Gulf of Mexico, strengthening slightly before making a third and final
landfall in Louisiana on August 29. As Harvey drifted inland, it quickly weakened again as it
became extratropical on September 1, before dissipating two days later.

Harvey caused at least 83 confirmed deaths; 1 in Guyana,[1] and 82 in the United States.[2][3]
Economic losses are preliminarily estimated at between $70[4] to $200 billion,[5] with a large
portion of the losses sustained by uninsured homeowners.

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