Hurricane Harvey took place on the 25th of August and ended on the 2nd of September 2017. Harvey reached up to category 4 and was the first major hurricane to occur in Texas and the rest of the United States since hurricane Wilma hit Texas in 2005, therefore hurricane Harvey ended a record 12-year drought in Texas.
Hurricane Harvey didn’t just destroy the land in Texas, but the people within, their homes and businesses. According to Wikipedia (2017): Harvey has caused over $70 billion worth of damage over the nine-day period, in addition over to 30,000 people are displaced with 84 confirmed dead also over 17,000 rescues within 9 days. The majority of deaths, 75% were caused by drowning. Hurricane Harvey reached incredible winds of 130mph. …show more content…
Mobile units have been put in place to help provide services and resources to people enabling people to recover quicker, however, James McDeavitt from the Baylor College of Medicine told ABC news, the floodwater is contaminated with sewage. Doctors have raised concerns of floodwater-related illnesses such as skin infections and respiratory disease. A woman aged 77 died after she fell into the floodwater and developed a “deadly flesh-eating infection”. Necrotizing fasciitis was the official cause of her death which is a serious bacterial infection that eats away at the body’s soft tissue- according to the Harris Country chief medical examiner (2017). Hurricane Harvey has many more health-related threats which include carbon monoxide and polluted air, natural disasters like hurricane Harvey can damage a person’s mental health, especially children as they are at a high risk of developing PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The Harvey resiliency and recovery program in the children's hospital will open to help care and provide counselling for those affected by the abolishing storm. Not only children but adults may develop anxiety and have panic attacks caused hurricane Harvey, people may even get phobias of water. During previous hurricanes, drugs became limited due to road closures and ports being closed, for example, diabetics who didn’t have insulin developed a dangerous crisis quickly due to short supply. However, since then Direct Relief stockpiled medication in the Texas coast in waterproof containers; although many pharmacies’ stayed open if possible, this was because people know it would only be a matter of time before a hurricane hit Texas and they wanted to be
Hurricane Harvey didn’t just destroy the land in Texas, but the people within, their homes and businesses. According to Wikipedia (2017): Harvey has caused over $70 billion worth of damage over the nine-day period, in addition over to 30,000 people are displaced with 84 confirmed dead also over 17,000 rescues within 9 days. The majority of deaths, 75% were caused by drowning. Hurricane Harvey reached incredible winds of 130mph. …show more content…
Mobile units have been put in place to help provide services and resources to people enabling people to recover quicker, however, James McDeavitt from the Baylor College of Medicine told ABC news, the floodwater is contaminated with sewage. Doctors have raised concerns of floodwater-related illnesses such as skin infections and respiratory disease. A woman aged 77 died after she fell into the floodwater and developed a “deadly flesh-eating infection”. Necrotizing fasciitis was the official cause of her death which is a serious bacterial infection that eats away at the body’s soft tissue- according to the Harris Country chief medical examiner (2017). Hurricane Harvey has many more health-related threats which include carbon monoxide and polluted air, natural disasters like hurricane Harvey can damage a person’s mental health, especially children as they are at a high risk of developing PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). The Harvey resiliency and recovery program in the children's hospital will open to help care and provide counselling for those affected by the abolishing storm. Not only children but adults may develop anxiety and have panic attacks caused hurricane Harvey, people may even get phobias of water. During previous hurricanes, drugs became limited due to road closures and ports being closed, for example, diabetics who didn’t have insulin developed a dangerous crisis quickly due to short supply. However, since then Direct Relief stockpiled medication in the Texas coast in waterproof containers; although many pharmacies’ stayed open if possible, this was because people know it would only be a matter of time before a hurricane hit Texas and they wanted to be