It was the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun, making landfall in Texas. Harvey developed from a tropical wave to a Category 4 storm, coming ashore on August 25th and causing historic flooding. At peak intensity, the hurricane’s wind speed reached 130 mph. Check below structures that didn’t cope with these powerful winds and the major flooding in the area.
It was the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade spun, making landfall in Texas. Harvey developed from a tropical wave to a Category 4 storm, coming ashore on August 25th and causing historic flooding. At peak intensity, the hurricane’s wind speed reached 130 mph. Check below structures that didn’t cope with these powerful winds and the major flooding in the area.
A massive sinkhole opened up on a motorway in Rosenburg, a city 25 miles southwest of Houston, Texas / Rosenberg Police
People photograph the submerged motorway interchange / EPA
Debris lies on the ground after a building was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas / AP
Hurricane Harvey decimated Cove Harbor Marina&Drystack in Rockport, tearing apart buildings and tossing boats on top of each other/Brandon Formby
Damaged boats in a multi-level storage facility are seen following passage of Hurricane Harvey at Rockport, Texas on August 26, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTONMARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images
Houston overpass before and after flooding Photograph: Alamy/Reuters
A gas station's awning blocks a street after Hurricane Harvey ripped through in Rockport, Texas, on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017.
The basketball facility for Rockport High School is exposed to the outside after it lost part of its roof and walls from Hurricane Harvey, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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