A 41st Rescue Squadron team prepared to hoist down from a helicopter during a search and rescue mission.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times

Harvey in Pictures

Powerful photos from the storm and aftermath.

In the week that followed Hurricane Harvey’s landfall, photographers on the ground in Texas and Louisiana documented the staggering aftermath, including crowded shelters full of evacuees, the tireless efforts of emergency workers, and the return of residents to assess the damage from an event described by the National Weather Service as “unprecedented.”

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Members of a National Guard Special Forces team were exhausted after conducting multiple rescue missions in Vidor, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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Danny Staten, whose family was without electricity, held a flashlight while a National Guard Special Forces team offered help at his home in Vidor, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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A member of a National Guard Special Forces unit carried Lilly Presson, 4, from a military vehicle to an evacuation center after helping her family escape from rising floodwaters in Vidor, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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A Houston Housing Authority residence for older adults. The water there rose nearly five feet.Credit...Julie Turkewitz/The New York Times
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Photos were among the items being salvaged as Houston residents cleaned out their homes.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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A neighborhood in Beaumont, Tex., which saw record-breaking floodwaters.Credit...Eric Thayer for The New York Times
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A flooded home was gutted on Friday in the Whispering Oaks neighborhood of Houston.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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Walking through a Beaumont neighborhood.Credit...Eric Thayer for The New York Times
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Volunteers from a church helped to clean out Richard Peng’s flooded home in Houston.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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Floodwater surrounded homes in Beaumont, Tex. on Thursday.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.
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Members of the Air Force 41st Rescue Squadron searching a heavily flooded area of Beaumont, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Flooding outside Beaumont, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Debris from the storm outside a home in Houston.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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The Lake Charles Civic Center in Lake Charles, La. has been converted into a shelter for evacuees.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times
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Floodwater surrounded homes in Beaumont, Tex.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.
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Patty Perez in the flooded yard of her home in Crosby, Tex.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Floodwater drained across Louisiana Highway 397.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times
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A special forces team and soldiers from the First Battalion, 143rd Infantry Division of the Texas Army National Guard rode through Port Arthur on their way to a rescue mission.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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Latrisa Payne, center, waited in the storage facility of a Sears in Port Arthur for a helicopter to take her to a hospital for dialysis treatment.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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The line for the Port Arthur Walmart wrapped around the building. The store, one of only a few businesses open in Port Arthur, was allowing a limited number of customers in at a time.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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Joseph Perez helped carry his mother’s possessions out of her flooded home in Crosby, Tex.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Devon Archie arrived as his father, Curtis Manning, surveyed the damage to his home in northeast Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A flooded road and farm fields outside Crosby, Tex.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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The 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment of the Texas Army National Guard prepared for the day after spending the night on the floor of a Walmart in Port Arthur.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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Lance Leibole and John Lee took pictures of the submerged Sam Houston Tollway in Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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National Guard soldiers rested in a pontoon boat after hours of overnight rescue missions in Port Arthur, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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National Guard soldiers transported a woman from a home for the elderly to an ambulance in Port Arthur, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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A woman in waist-deep water during the early morning hours in Port Arthur, Tex.Credit...Erin Trieb for The New York Times
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Amy Moody, 10, amid her grandparents’ personal effects in the Meyerland area of Houston. Amy’s grandparents, Martha and Roland Elder, have lived in the home for 48 years.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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The remains of Spanky’s Liquor store in Port Aransas, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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A home in Port Aransas that had fallen from its foundation.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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A city appraisal office in Rockport, Tex., sustained heavy damage.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Hugh Stouffer, a surveyor with Presidio Roofing, took pictures of a gift shop in Port Aransas, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Downed power lines in Port Aransas, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Civilian search and rescue crews, law enforcement officials, evacuees, civilians and journalists crowded the staging area of a mandatory evacuation in Houston.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Special Response agents and a Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue team discussed their objectives ahead of a mission to reach people around Lake Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Damage at the Island of the Son church, outside Port Aransas, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Maryum Rah and friends helped to clean the home of their friend Tahirah Ali in the Meyerland area of Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Abby Gibb, left, and Anna Camfield, right, caught tadpoles in the floodwater at Donovan Park.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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Volunteers helped residents sandbag their homes in northwest Houston.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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Marcelina Gomez helped clean out a home in the Meyerland area of Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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A semi-submerged home in the flooded Energy Corridor neighborhood of Houston.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Members of the National Guard were briefed before heading into the heart of flooding in Orange, Tex.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Guadalupe Ramirez, a Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue agent, jumped into a connector boat during a mission to the community around Lake Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Manny Moore, a rescue specialist, responded to 911 calls in the Walkers Mark complex of Houston.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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Gerald Sam embraced his 1-year-old son, Gavir, as they tried to sleep at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston. Mr. Sam and his wife have spent two days in the shelter with their four children.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Spc. Brandon Tooley waded through water to escort evacuees from an apartment complex in West Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Bernice Emerge, of Houston, teared up while praying during an evening service at Woodlands Church, which is being used as a shelter.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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Flooded cars in an apartment complex parking lot in Humble, Tex.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times
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Bob Martin slept alongside his wife, Anecita, at Woodlands Church, after their family home was flooded in Houston.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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A truck carrying dozens of rescued residents drove through a flooded street below the Katy Freeway.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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People reacted to seeing sunlight for the first time since Friday through the windows of the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A flooded car on Kuykendahl Road in Houston.Credit...Edmund D. Fountain for The New York Times
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Civilian search and rescue workers in Houston rescued people from the parking garage of an apartment complex after their neighborhood flooded.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Steve O. Casey packed medicine for his wife while evacuating from his home in Houston.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Donkeys and cattle were herded by Trey Holladay, a civilian search and rescue worker, through a suburban neighborhood west of Houston after the area became flooded by an overflowing reservoir.Credit...Andrew Burton for The New York Times
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Aaron Elizade held his nephew, Landon Schumaker, 2, after evacuating an apartment complex in West Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Castiel Torres, 3, was helped off his roof by a family friend, Dagoberto Ordonez, and into a waiting boat in Houston.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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Gallery Furniture opened its stores to National Guard soldiers and civilians who needed shelter.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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National Guard soldiers slept at Gallery Furniture in the Houston suburb of Richmond.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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FEMA cargo trailers filled with bottled drinking water sit on the tarmac of Randolph Air Force Base near Seguin, Tex.Credit...Christopher Lee for The New York Times
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Travis Tower in downtown Houston was empty on Tuesday morning as the rain fell.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Spc. Jaxen Halicke of the National Guard during an evacuation mission in Katy, Tex.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Buc-ee’s, a popular convenience chain in Texas, offered its new store in Katy as a staging point for emergency workers.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Frank Weido was rescued from his home by the National Guard in Katy, Tex.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Members of the National Guard had brisket sandwiches at a convenience store in Katy, Tex., after responding to evacuation calls in the area.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Karen Preston was carried to safety after evacuating her flooded neighborhood on the outskirts of Houston.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Volunteer rescuers helped to evacuate people stranded by floodwaters near Bush Airport.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team members, of the Utah Task Force 1, met at the end of the day at the Miller Career and Technology Center after an all-day mission in Katy, Tex.Credit...Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
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Dayvon Williams, 5, and Zariah Williams, 4, waited to check in at the temporary shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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A member of the Coast Guard prepared to load a boat that was used for search and rescue operations onto a trailer after floodwaters receded in the Houston area of Bellaire.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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The Colorado River crested in La Grange, Tex., covering much of the highway on Monday morning.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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Susie Williams, a volunteer from Memphis, spoke with a young girl at a temporary shelter at the George R. Brown Center in Downtown Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Sherri Thomas, her son Brandon and their dog Jaba sheltered under a tarp while waiting to be bused to a shelter.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Floodwaters continued to rise in Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Dusk in Houston’s Meyerland area on Sunday night.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Helicopters evacuated people from Houston’s Meyerland area as the water continued to rise.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Rescue workers and civilians waited for emergency crews in the Meyerland area of Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Aransas Bay was visible through a destroyed home in Rockport, Tex.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Sgt. Nicholas Carson with the National Guard out of San Angelo, near Interstate 610 in Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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From left, Emma Boothe, Michael Schlabach, Greg Boothe and Janet Grayson helped evacuate a town celebrity: Gladys Demerson, 90, from her home in La Grange, Tex. Ms. Demerson was Michael’s third-grade teacher and “everyone loves her,” Ms. Grayson said.Credit...Ilana Panich-Linsman for The New York Times
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The remnants of a kitchen stood among heavily storm-damaged homes and apartment complexes in Rockport.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Pedestrians in Houston trying to leave the city along Interstate 610.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Lt. Zach West, at center, mapped out a path while at a gas and supplies stop in Wharton, Tex., for the National Guard to make its way into Houston.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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A small herd of longhorn cattle waded through a flooded field miles outside of Rockport.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A destroyed motor home on State Highway 188.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Colin McBurney, 16, leading Stew, a horse belonging to a friend, into a stable on her Rockport property. It escaped through a storm-damaged fence.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Selah Trotter, 8, leapt over a downed utility line in her Rockport neighborhood as she walked home with her mother, Felicia Murphy, and siblings Harmony, 9, and Craig, 7, after surveying nearby damage.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A heavily damaged hotel in Rockport.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Lucas Garcia at his home in Refugio, Tex. He and other family members rode out Hurricane Harvey in a single room.Credit...Olivia Vanni/The Victoria Advocate, via Associated Press
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Bob Albin, a parishioner, surveyed the damage to the First Baptist Church in Rockport, where Hurricane Harvey tore off a wall to the church’s choir room.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A tree felled by Hurricane Harvey in Victoria, Tex.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Rebecca Canales, right, and her daughters Sabrina Chaves and Leyla Chaves observed the damage in Victoria. Harvey passed through the southern Texas city Friday night.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Lt. Javier Quiroga of the Brownsville Fire Department walked between two AmBuses, which have the ability to transport up to 20 patients lying down.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Hurricane Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 storm on Friday night.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Birds along the Corpus Christi shoreline before Hurricane Harvey made landfall.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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An Exxon Mobil pipeline along the Houston Ship Channel.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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The Corpus Christi shoreline hours before Hurricane Harvey’s expected landfall.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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Steve Muguerza, a Corpus Christi native, raised a camera to his eye as rain and heavy winds battered the city’s shoreline.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times
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A roadside sign in Houston warned drivers of Hurricane Harvey’s approach.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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Refineries along the Houston Ship Channel as the hurricane approached.Credit...Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
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A NASA photograph taken from the cupola module of the International Space Station showed Hurricane Harvey approaching Texas.Credit...NASA

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