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Hurricane Harvey is the worst rainfall disaster in US history — this interactive map shows how bad it was By Skye Gould , Rebecca Harrington , and Leanna Garfield Aug 31, 2017, 2:43 PM PT ...
Harvey came ashore as the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in 13 years and the strongest to strike Texas since 1961’s Hurricane Carla, the most powerful Texas hurricane on record.
A long-awaited update to FEMA's flood maps for Harris County has been delayed again, eight years after Hurricane Harvey revealed how the current renderings drastically underestimate homeowners ...
In Houston, rainfall set a new daily record Sunday, with 16.07 inches reported at the city's main airport. On Saturday and Sunday, the NWS said, more than 2 feet of rain (24.44 inches) fell.
The three highest-volume rainfall events in the U.S. since 1949 have occurred in the past 3 years: Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Hurricane Florence in 2018, and a March 2016 storm in Louisiana.
Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post Dec 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017Updated Oct 17, 2019 0 ...
The slower and more significant the storm’s size, the higher the likelihood of higher rainfall totals. Some storms can drop well over 30 inches of rainfall, like when Hurricane Harvey dropped ...
The slower and more significant the storm’s size, the higher the likelihood of higher rainfall totals. Some storms can drop well over 30 inches of rainfall, like when Hurricane Harvey dropped ...