Hurricane Harvey’s ‘Overwhelming’ Rains were Likely Nation’s Most Extreme Event

Washington Post

Hurricane Harvey unleashed a tropical deluge probably unsurpassed in U.S. history and with a 1-in-1,000 chance of occuring, the National Hurricane Center says in a new in-depth analysis of the storm. By one estimate, it dumped more than 33 trillion gallons of water over Texas and the southern U.S.

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