It is tied with 2005 s hurricane katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record inflicting 125 billion 2017 usd in damage primarily from catastrophic rainfall triggered flooding in the houston metropolitan area and southeast.
Infrared satellite hurricane harvey.
Satellite imagery of very devastating major hurricane harvey of the 2017 atlantic hurricane season all credit for the satellite imagrey belongs to the following.
Became a hurricane later on 24 august and by that night a well defined eye appeared in infrared satellite pictures.
Goes 16 captured this animation of hurricane harvey showing cloud cover and optical lightning emissions on august 25 26 2017.
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Data from nasa s soil moisture active passive smap satellite have been used to create new surface flooding maps of southeast texas and the tennessee valley following hurricane harvey.
The hurricane reached category 3 status by midday on 25 august while it approached the middle texas coast and intensified into a category 4 hurricaneby 0000 utc 26 august.
Hurricane harvey was a devastating category 4 hurricane that made landfall on texas and louisiana in august 2017 causing catastrophic flooding and many deaths.