Mapping the Devastation of Harvey in Houston
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Academic
Pounding rains and rapidly rising floodwaters caused by Hurricane Harvey inundated the city of Houston, a metropolitan area of 6.6 million. The storm made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 hurricane and has dropped record levels of rain on the city.
Thousands of requests for help had been submitted to local rescue groups as of Tuesday evening. The groups use the requests to dispatch boats to people who need assistance, said Melissa Wynn Adair, co-founder of the Texas Navy, one of the rescue groups.
Source: Google
The George R. Brown Convention Center was the largest as of Tuesday evening. Most of the others were schools and churches that housed anywhere from a dozen to several hundred people.
Source: Texas Department of Public Safety
Many of the bayous, flood channels and rivers around the city were well above the top of the water bank as of 4 p.m. Central time on Monday.
Source: Harris County Flood Control District
Rising waters closed major roads, frontage lanes and exits.
Source: Houston TranStar, as of 3:15 p.m. Aug. 28.
And infrastructure was shut down.
Source: The New York Times
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- Water Resource Mapping
- Flood management
- Flood damage
- Flood Modeling