Hurricane Harvey makes landfall overnight in Texas

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Week 7 - Mass Wasting, Streams & Flooding

HURRICANE HARVEY 



I moved to central Texas after Hurricane Harvey hit the Gulf Coast. Houston (which is 1 1/2 hrs away from where I am) was one of the cities that took a huge hit in rainfall that caused severe flooding. A few things I found, Hurricane Harvey is the first major hurricane (winds greater than 110 MPH) rainfall measured in feet inundated coastal Texas in millions. Hurricane Harvey originated from a westward-moving tropical wave that emerged from Africa over the eastern Atlantic ocean. 

Highest wind speed: 134 MPH
Date: August 17, 2017 - September 2, 2017
Category: Tropical Depression (NHC/CPHC), Category 4 Hurricane
Damage: estimated $125 billion

I work at the airport in College Station/Bryan for American Airlines and the two airports in Houston and another airport in Beaumont were severely impacted by Hurricane Harvey. We were almost called to travel down there to assist at the airports. As for the weather near me, we only got rain and high winds. They say that the hurricane hovered over Texas for several days before it completed its devastation causing several deaths and severe damage.

The above picture of the precipitation that took place from Corpus Christi to Port Arthur. 


 I thought that it was devastating to see how this hurricane took its toll on human lives and affecting the land and everything around us. The Houston Temple was closed due to the flooding and water damages. One day when I was exploring Houston, I drove past the areas, where I could see the water lines and physical damages on the buildings, and freeways.

This photo below is a before and after Hurrican Harvey in downtown Houston. 


References:

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/reviewing-hurricane-harveys-catastrophic-rain-and-flooding



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