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Hurricane Harvey

A bicycle leans against a railing overlooking Buffalo Bayou. Piles of sand block the sidewalk along the railing.
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Hurricane Harvey Filled Houston with Sediment

by J. Besl 6 October 20236 October 2023

The storm’s record-setting rains moved an equally impressive amount of sediment and elevated the risk and expense of absorbing all that muck.

Satellite image of Hurricane Harvey swirling over the Texas coast
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To Make Better Hurricane Models, Consider Air Pollution

Rachel Fritts, Science Writer by Rachel Fritts 23 December 20203 November 2022

New research uses Hurricane Harvey as a case study to demonstrate the devastating power of aerosols to supercharge tropical storms.

Spotted seatrout.
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Fish Continued to Spawn as Hurricane Harvey Swirled Overhead

Jenessa Duncombe, Staff Writer by Jenessa Duncombe 19 November 201818 March 2022

Spotted seatrout, one of the most popular fish to catch on the shores of Texas, carried on their nightly baby-making ritual despite the havoc of a category 4 storm above.

Flooding from Hurricane Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas.
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Weight of Water Dropped by Hurricane Harvey Flexed Earth’s Crust

by S. Montanari 14 December 201718 February 2022

The precipitation that fell during the storm depressed the ground in parts of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Mississippi by as much as 1.8 centimeters in some places.

A person wades through a Houston street flooded by rains from Hurricane Harvey on 28 August.
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A Diary of a Storm

Mohi Kumar headshot by M. Kumar 7 September 20173 November 2022

When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas more than a week ago, an Eos staff editor based in Houston hunkered down. Here’s her day-by-day account of the storm and its aftermath.

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