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Aug 28, 2017 · Evacuees from Hurricane Harvey gather at the Delco Center in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. The Red Cross says there were 185 people at this location but that it is prepared to handle up to 350 people ...
Harvey is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. Additional weakening is forecast during the next 48 hours while the center of Harvey is over southeastern Texas. Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 40 miles (65 km) from the center, and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 140 miles (220 km).
Aug 25, 2022 · Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane when it made landfall on San Jose Island, Texas, the night of Aug. 25. Some anemometers in the area were disabled before the peak winds hit, especially near the eye wall. However, one-second wind gusts of 145 mph and 140 mph were recorded at the Aransas County Airport, according to NWS Corpus Christi, Texas.
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Nov 11, 2017 · Lessons From Hurricane Harvey: Houston’s Struggle Is America’s Tale. The Texas city’s response to a powerful storm says much about polarized visions of the country and diverging attitudes ...
Oct 16, 2023 · Kids Encyclopedia Facts. Hurricane Harvey was a 2017 tropical cyclone, the 8th named storm, 3rd hurricane, and the 1st major hurricane of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Harvey was also the 3rd consecutive hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season—after Franklin and Gert. The storm went through the Caribbean and Mexico.
Aug 25, 2017 · Late Friday, Hurricane Harvey became a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. The lesson is that it is not just wind that makes a storm dangerous. Storm surge, the water that ...
Jan 25, 2018 · A new report from the National Hurricane Center takes stock of exactly how big, damaging and deadly Hurricane Harvey really was. "Harvey was the most significant tropical cyclone rainfall event in ...
