Hurricane Harvey and Sandy

Harvey can be tracked all the way back from a wave that was created in the African coast around August 17th. From then that tropical wave was reformed into a storm that was then categorized as a level 1 hurricane on August 23rd. With winds as high as 80-mph this storm was labeled as a “slow-moving tropical storm” moving northwest that was then moving in the direction of Mexico. As August 24th approached, the winds got stronger and Hurricane Harvey was then categorized as a category 4 hurricane, with winds reaching up to 130-mph. Hurricane Harvey first made landfall in San Jose Island area about 10pm CDT on August 25th reaching winds of 115 kt during a several hour period. After a day (August 26th) Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm threatening 100 million residences and damaging many facilities and houses. As of August 27th the storm calmed down to about 40-mph, leaving  a year's amount of rainfall in one week. Harvey caused about 125 million worth of damages and was ranked number two for causing the most damage in the United States. About 13 million people were affected from Hurricane Harvey and about 135,000 residencies were affected. Harvey produced 27 trillion gallons of water in Texas making it a world record for the wettest hurricane ever. Many people who were affected by the hurricane were uninsured and are depending on help from the community and the government.