Houston, the fourth-largest city in America, is home to 2.1 million people. And it is underwater.
On August 25, Hurricane Harvey roared out of the Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall in southeast Texas as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. A day later, it was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, then to a tropical storm. But as Harvey moved northeast, it lingered over Houston.
For five days, the city was deluged by a historic amount of rain. When the skies cleared, nearly 52 inches had fallen. That sets a record for the most rainfall from a tropical storm system in the continental U.S. The rain led to catastrophic flooding. Two dams protecting downtown Houston overflowed. Roads and bridges were washed out. Highways
On August 25, Hurricane Harvey roared out of the Gulf of Mexico. It made landfall in southeast Texas as a Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 130 miles per hour. A day later, it was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane, then to a tropical storm. But as Harvey moved northeast, it lingered over Houston.
For five days, the city was deluged by a historic amount of rain. When the skies cleared, nearly 52 inches had fallen. That sets a record for the most rainfall from a tropical storm system in the continental U.S. The rain led to catastrophic flooding. Two dams protecting downtown Houston overflowed. Roads and bridges were washed out. Highways