A Look Back at Hurricane Harvey: One Year Since Landfall

A year ago, Hurricane Harvey landed and surged to Texas and Louisiana this year. Harvey was confined during the meteorological system, throwing hundreds of gallons of rain in the southeastern part of Texas for several days, causing an unprecedented flood. Harvey has created the moist tropical cyclone that hit the US so far and has become one of the most expensive tropical cyclones in history with Hurricane Katrina. More than 75 people were killed in Texas, resulting in billions of dollars of damage. The Associated Press today said, "Although many Texas families are still struggling to recover from Hurricane Harvey ... in many of the worst affected communities, daily life has returned to nearly normal" Reported. See also our own report by Elaina Plott who spent time with Houston's present and previous mayors to understand why Hurricane Harvey is an endless nightmare for Houston.

During the hurricane season of the North Atlantic in 2017, three tropical cyclones and four hurricanes landed in the United States (including Puerto Rico). This is the most hurricane in the United States since 2005. Hurricane Harvey's landing marks the end of more than 4300 days of history and there are no major hurricanes that landed in the United States. Prior to Harvey, the last major hurricane that landed in the United States in November 2005 was Hurricane Wilma. Harvey is also known for its high rainfall in parts of Texas and Louisiana. It is reported here that rainfall of 60 inches or more in 5 days hit some areas of the Houston metropolitan area. Harvey 's reward is over $ 5 billion, second only to Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Irma reached its maximum intensity at maximum sustained wind speed of 185 mph, which became the second largest hurricane recorded in the basin.

With Hurricane Harvey and Elma, we experienced two Level 4 hurricane landings in the United States in the same quarter. It did not happen. But even in front of Harvey, Houston has been overwhelmed by the two 500-year floods in the past two years. Harvey was said to be a flood of 1000 years. The draft of the special report on climate science in 2016, prepared by scientists from 13 federal agencies and obtained by the media, shows extreme precipitation increases throughout the country. The report also said, "Recent drought and related heat waves have reached a record level, some regions in the US".