Jack Murphy 2017 Hurricane Harvey by Jack Murphy

833893 — 2025-08-21 19:51:00 UTC

Hurricane Harvey was and still is one of the most devastating hurricanes that has hit the U.S and other countries including Belize, Honduras, and Guyana, even though Hurricane Harvey is most known for hitting the U.S that being Rock fort and Louisiana. Hurricane Harvey hit the U.S as a category 4 hurricane August 25, 2017.

What happened during Hurricane Harvey

833893 — 2025-08-21 20:01:42 UTC

During Hurricane Harvey it caused catastrophic floods, major displacement of people and there was significant property damage. The storm also caused a very unusual amount of rain. There were certain areas throughout Texas and Louisiana that even saw 50-60 inches of rainfall.

How did this hurricane impact people

833893 — 2025-08-21 20:14:00 UTC

Hurricane Harvey was very devastating to the people of the U.S. The death toll of this hurricane is specified to be 89 victims but it is estimated that over 107 victims had died in this incident. It also caused widespread flooding causing 30,000 people to be displaced, and over 200,000 homes and businesses were destroyed.

How did it impact economics

833893 — 2025-08-21 20:26:50 UTC

Because of Hurricane Harvey and the significant amount of property damage that it caused it is estimated that 60 million dollars all the way to 125 million. The government. The government also gave 15 billion dollars in government aid because of the damage caused by the hurricane. It Also had a mass impact Texas' energy and manufacturing and energy industries and their buildings. A mass amount of people also lost wages as well as sales because businesses had been destroyed. And the last major economic factor that hurricane Harvey reduced the national GDP growth in the United States.

How did it impact the environment

833893 — 2025-08-21 20:33:10 UTC

Hurricane Harvey very negatively impacted the environment. This is because of all the floods that hurricane Harvey caused because of the rainfall. These flood waters ended up getting contaminated by sewage water household chemicals and even went through chemical plants and things of those sorts and was contaminated by all of the chemicals from the plants.

How did we address issues of Hurricane Harvey

833893 — 2025-08-22 19:42:43 UTC

After Hurricane Harvey one of the immediate efforts the government did to address the issue was give government aid to the people immediately affected by the Hurricane. One of the more overtime efforts that we did was learn from Harvey and its flooding and learned that we needed to reevaluate urban development with things like green spaces and even investing in infrastructure to create a more flood resilient communities for the future.

Why this event is important

833893 — 2025-08-22 20:22:13 UTC

Hurricane Harvey changed our whole view on hurricanes and how we can avoid this widespread destruction from this Hurricane. Significant flooding as well as water contamination were only a few of the major impacts of this Hurricane. But the main thing thing that affect the environment is from all the flooding and the chemicals that were in the water from the plants and such that got destroyed from the floods it severely added to climate change. Things such as warmer oceans and even stalled weather systems were caused because of this hurricane.

How this event changed the way humans view the environment

833893 — 2025-08-22 20:35:08 UTC

Hurricane Harvey was and still is one of the most devastating Hurricanes in the history of the United States. This hurricane changed our whole view on hurricanes not because of how powerful it was or how bad the hurricane was when it hit. But the days after the hurricane when the rainfall got so high in some areas, even 50-60 inches of rain and caused mass flooding throughout the whole of the areas affected. This flooding and its aftermath lead to the increased speed of climate change because of how big the floods were and what they contained. Things such as sewage water and even chemicals that were highly dangerous to humans and the planet. This lead things that even got as bad to stalling weather patterns.

How did this event change the way humans view the environment

833893 — 2025-08-25 19:22:20 UTC

This hurricane changed the way we view the environment because of how extensive its damage was as well as how much rainfall happened after the hurricane. The rainfall was so extensive that it even got as bad as some areas having 50-60 inches of rainfall. This meant that humans had to find a way to stop this things and also view how different hurricanes after Harvey could do this same thing even if the hurricane was itself was worse.

2 interesting facts about hurricane Harvey

833893 — 2025-08-25 21:32:13 UTC

Hurricane Harvey is considered the wettest tropical hurricane on record in the U.S. This is because of how much rainfall happened this being 50 to even 60 inches of rain in certain Areas. Hurricane Harvey is also widely considered the second most costly hurricane in the history of the U.S. costing nearly 159 billion dollars in damages.