Hurricane Harvey

Natural disasters have costed the government a massive amount in the past years. Hurricanes such as Katrina left people in Florida, Haiti, Louisiana and other parts of the gulf feeling helpless. Katrina ravaged states along the coast of the gulf making it the most expensive damage from a natural disaster, 108 billion dollars. However, in 2017, the disasters required over three hundred and ten billion dollars for repairs (Bowden, 2017). How will this be paid for? Will the government have to cut budgets

a major catastrophe mostly due to its destructive economic damage on the Gulf Coast that exceeded even Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The death toll of approximately 82 people attributable to Harvey is a very small portion compared to Katrina’s, but the cost in damages is unrivaled. Current estimates for Harvey are at $180 billion compared to Katrina’s $108 billion (Amadeo, 2017). This makes Harvey the costliest natural event to ever hit the United States and justifies it as more than just a disaster

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ravaged by hurricanes and tropical storms. Record breaking storms such as Harvey and Irma have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands homeless. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report at the end of August with the statistics and significant events associated with these storms. Hurricane Harvey was the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, breaking the 12 year long streak the nation previously held. Harvey was a

Hurricane Harvey is still getting bigger. News people are saying that there is gonna be more flooding( the weather company). Many towns in Houston Texas have been overflown by the rain. People are trapped in there houses. Some areas in Houston Texas have had up to 50 inches of rain(the weather company). Several out of state people are brining there own boats to Houston Texas, because there helping people who are trapped indoors by the flood(extreme weather). Many people who live there in Houston

1. Introduction The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season officially came to a close on November 30th 2017 (National Hurricane Centre) settling one of the busiest years the United States of America had seen in a long time. The hurricanes which did hit set a number of records such as Hurricane Harvey being the wettest hurricane (60” of rainfall), Hurricane Irma having sustained wind speeds of 185mph for 37 consecutive hours and the 6 major hurricanes came one after the other. Throughout the year, the Federal

following the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey. Many of the drivers in Houston were affected by the increase in gas prices and long lines at the gas stations when Hurricane Harvey hit. Due to Harvey’s landfall, it caused most of the Texas population to flock to the pumps, in fear of a long-term gas shortage. Denton Cinquegrana, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service stated, “The national average gas price has peaked to $2.67, following the hurricane. This was around a 35-cent increase

on Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey hit the state of Texas Friday August 26, 2017. The tropical storm came about over the Gulf of Mexico a week before. The hurricane was considered to be a category 4 storm. After rolling through certain parts of Texas, it hit Copano Bay as a category 3 hurricane. Following the storm, were several Tornado watches and many things were still rocky after the hurricane. The storm is expected to be a 5 day storm. People were not prepared enough for this hurricane leaving

Hurricane Harvey produced record breaking rainfall throughout Houston and other regions. This is the third 500-year flood for Houston in the past three years. Climate scientist warn that extreme rainfall events will be more frequent in the future due to global warming. Houston is familiar with flooding. But, Houston’s 1940 flood control network was not able to handle the extreme rainfall from Harvey. Harvey dumped record breaking rainfall, over 20 inches of rain across the entire Houston Metro

Article Analysis Aljazeera and BBC both posted news articles discussing Hurricane Harvey. They both spoke about the weather side of the Hurricane discussing its continuance through Wednesday and potentially wreaking havoc in other parts of Texas and Louisiana. They talk about even more flooding that will occur over the next few days. Aljazeera’s article “Harvey: Unprecedented flooding not over yet” focuses more on the storm and talking about it rather than also discussing the victims. They discuss