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.

Harvey exploded rapidly from a tropical depression to a major hurricane in around 40 hours. After impacting the Yucatan Peninsula earlier in the month as a tropical storm, Harvey moved into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico late on Tuesday August 22 nd.

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 …

Aug 25, 2023 · Hurricane Harvey caused unprecedented destruction in Texas and Louisiana, resulting in 103 lives lost and an estimated $125 billion of damage. The aftermath has highlighted the need for better disaster preparedness by investing in resilience, community preparedness and planning for extreme flooding.

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.

Harvey started as a typical weak August tropical storm that affected the Lesser Antilles and dissipated over the central Caribbean Sea. However, after re-forming over the Bay of Campeche, Harvey rapidly intensified into a category 4 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) before making landfall along the middle Texas coast.

Oct 2, 2018 · The passage of Hurricane Matthew across the central and eastern regions of North Carolina and South Carolina during October 7–9, 2016, resulted in heavy rainfall that caused major flooding in parts of the eastern Piedmont in North …

Sep 18, 2017 · Hurricane Harvey, the first major hurricane (winds greater than 110mph) to make landfall in the United States since 2005, will go down as one of the wettest storm systems in United States history. Rainfall measured in feet inundated coastal Texas impacting millions.

Aug 25, 2017 · 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).

Hurricane Harvey was the costliest tropical cyclone on record (tied with Hurricane Katrina of 2005), inflicting roughly $125 billion in damage across the Houston metropolitan area and Southeast Texas. [1] It lasted from mid-August until early September 2017, with many records for rainfall and landfall intensity set during that time.