SEADRIFT, Texas — Some shoreline communities that bore the brunt of Hurricane Harvey still need clean water, electricity and health care more than a week after the winds and rain subsided. But by nightfall, when it was too late for more people to leave, Harvey had grown stronger than Katrina, throwing winds of 130 mph. In the hardest-hit areas, residents are without power, water or sewer service, and in places where there’s water, residents are being told not to drink it. Although Harvey didn’t take many lives down here — just one in a mobile home fire — it certainly disrupted them. Harvey fits the bill for its wind speed, barometric pressure and impact on human suffering, which isn’t just in cities.

Source: National Post September 04, 2017 17:09 UTC