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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.
Tropical Storm Harvey impacted the Windward Islands on Friday, August 18 th, entering the Eastern Caribbean Sea as a minimal tropical storm, and eventually weakening to a tropical wave late Saturday evening.
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 in...
Harvey made landfall on the northern end of San Jose Island about 5 miles east of Rockport, Texas at 10 P.M. CDT on August 25 th as a category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 130 mph (115 knots) and a minimum central pressure of 937 millibars (27.67 inches).
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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.
Hurricane Harvey, a devastating Category 4 hurricane, struck the Gulf Coast of Texas in August 2017. It was one of the most powerful hurricanes to hit the United States in decades. Harvey’s most catastrophic impact was the unprecedented rainfall, making it the wettest storm system on record. The storm lingered over Texas for days, causing ...
At least 39 people have died, including a Houston police officer, a family trapped in a van beneath surging floodwater, and a mother whose shivering 3-year-old was found clinging to her...
Reports from Air Force and NOAA Hurricane Hunter planes indicate that the maximum sustained winds have increased to near 105 mph (165 km/h) with higher gusts. Some additional strengthening is possible, and Harvey is expected to become a major hurricane before it reaches the middle Texas coast.
Harvey is a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale. 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).