The toll that Hurricane Harvey left on Houston is staggering. The Defender compiled numbers just to show why this storm was indeed ‘catastrophic.’
125 billion
(dollars) worth of damage done
72,000
people rescued
185,149
homes damaged or destroyed
43,000
in temporary shelter
215,000
students out of school in Houston
14,000
national guard activated
56,000
calls to 911 in 15 hours (avg 8,000 a day)
555,000
FEMA disaster assistance applications submitted
141
million already approved for FEMA assistance
51.88
inches of rain
27 trillion
gallons of water dumped
1961
The last time a Category 4 hurricane made landfall in the Texas
Source: FEMA, Houston Office of Emergency Management, National Weather Service