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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.
- Hurricane Sandy
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- List of Storms Named Harvey
The name Harvey was used for six tropical cyclones in the...
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- Major Hurricane
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- Hurricane Sandy
Harvey underwent rapid intensification and quickly became a Category 3 hurricane on Friday at 2 PM (120 mph sustained winds) and then a Category 4 hurricane (130 mph sustained winds) early Friday evening.
Aug 28, 2017 · Pounding rains and rapidly rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey inundated the city of Houston, a metropolitan area of 6.6 million. The storm made landfall late Friday as a Category 4...
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Hurricane Harvey is the first hurricane to hit the Texas coast since 2008 when Hurricane Ike came through the Houston area and the first major (category 3 or better) hurricane to hit Texas since Bret in 1999.
Aug 24, 2017 · UPDATED Aug. 31. Houston received the brunt of Harvey’s rain, with parts of the city receiving more than 50 inches (here are more detailed maps of Houston). The storm made its final landfall...
Aug 26, 2024 · Seven years ago, on August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey became the first Category 4 storm to strike the United States since 2004, and the first to hit the Texas coast since Hurricane Celia in 1970—marking the beginning of one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history.
Sep 22, 2017 · Learn how FEMA and other federal agencies joined forces with state and local governments, nonprofits and the private sector to help Texans recover from the devastating storm and flooding in 2017. Find out the facts and figures of the largest disaster response in Texas history, including rescue, assistance, recovery and funding.