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Hurricane Harvey wis a tropical cyclone that haes made laundfaw in Texas as a major hurricane, the first storm o sic intensity tae strike the Unitit States syne Wilma in 2005.
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
Hurricane Harvey near peak intensity prior tae laundfaw in soothren Texas on August 25 | |
Formed | 17 August 2017 |
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Dissipatit | 2 September 2017 |
(Extratropical efter September 1) | |
Heichest winds | 1-meenit susteened: 130 mph (215 km/h) |
Lawest pressur | 938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg |
Fatalities | 51 confirmed (as o September 2) |
Damage | $125 billion (2017 USD) (Estimatit in tens o billions) |
Areas affected | Windward Islands, Suriname, Guyana, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, United States (particularly Texas, Louisiana) |
Pairt o the 2017 Atlantic hurricane saison |
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