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Hurricane Harvey caused major flooding in southern Texas for four days in August 2017. Hurricane Harvey formed on August 17, 2017 east of the Lesser Antilles.Six days later, after degenerating back into a tropical wave and moving through the Caribbean Sea, Harvey reformed and rapidly intensified in the Gulf of Mexico.
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 Greater Houston and Southeast ...
In total, Harvey's effects destroyed 16,930 homes and damaged 290,063 homes. [156] At least 68 deaths are directly attributed to Harvey's forces, making it the deadliest hurricane in Texas since 1919; an additional 35 deaths are indirectly attributed to Harvey. The NOAA estimates a $125 billion damage toll for Harvey, making it the second ...
Harvey has displaced over a million people, with 44 feared dead from flooding that paralyzed Houston and knocked out the drinking water supply in Beaumont. A week after Harvey, cities deluged and ...
Hurricane Harvey. Year: 2017. Death Toll: 107. Financial Impact: Estimated $125 billion. This Category 4 hurricane flooded Houston and surrounding areas, some of which received more than 60 inches ...
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.
Rapid intensification ensued as Harvey approached the coast of Texas, with Harvey becoming a hurricane in the afternoon of August 24. Despite some dry air entrainment halting the intensification process for the rest of the day, Harvey soon resumed strengthening and became the season's first major hurricane in the evening of August 25.
Rainfall map of Hurricane Harvey over Beaumont and Houston. The city of Beaumont experiences a humid subtropical climate and is within the Piney Woods region of eastern Texas. [41] [42] The area around Beaumont receives the most rainfall in the state, and some of the most rain in the country: more than 65 inches (1,700 mm) annually.