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Hurricane Harvey

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Hurricane Harvey
Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS)
Hurricane Harvey near peak intensity prior tae laundfaw in soothren Texas on August 25
Formed17 August 2017 (2017-08-17)
Dissipatit2 September 2017 (2017-09-02)
(Extratropical efter September 1)
Heichest winds1-meenit susteened: 130 mph (215 km/h)
Lawest pressur938 mbar (hPa); 27.7 inHg
Fatalities51 confirmed
(as o September 2)
Damage$125 billion (2017 USD)
(Estimatit in tens o billions)
Areas affectedWindward Islands, Suriname, Guyana, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Yucatán Peninsula, United States (particularly Texas, Louisiana)
Pairt o the 2017 Atlantic hurricane saison

Hurricane Harvey wis a tropical cyclone that haes made laundfaw in Texas as a major hurricane, the first storm o sic intensity tae strike the Unitit States syne Wilma in 2005.