At least 150,000 properties in Texas have been affected by Hurricane Harvey, according to ongoing estimates by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency, data as of Aug. 31
Though most of the damage is in Houston and other parts of Harris County, at least 55,000 properties in other coastal towns were also affected by the storm.
Rockport was directly in the path of Harvey as the storm made landfall on August 25. Mayor Charles J. Wax described significant portions of the town as “completely gone, a pile of sticks.”
Damage to the island community of Port Aransas, in Nueces County, included extensive debris on roadways and “100 percent loss” of a beachside trailer park, said Mayor Charles Bujan in a local news interview.
The storm tore through Victoria County’s largest city, disabling a weather-tracking station and smashing exhibits at the Texas Zoo. Animals were evacuated from the wreckage on Thursday, according to local news reports. The Guadalupe River, which runs through Victoria, flooded many homes.
Nancy Bram, 39, surveyed the damage in her front yard in Victoria, Tex. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Population of neighboring towns: 82,907
Despite a controlled release of Lake Conroe on Sunday night, water rushed into the neighboring towns of Montgomery and Conroe, and other parts of Montgomery County. “We had no idea what to expect, where it was all going to go,” said the Conroe fire chief, Ken Kreger.
In a video posted on Facebook, Mayor Derrick Freeman of Port Arthur walked through his house, submerged in knee-high water. He wrote in a message: “Our whole city is underwater right now.”
The storm dumped more than 20 inches of rain onto Bridge City on Tuesday and Wednesday, when it made its second landfall. Teddi Nezat Lampman captured the flooding on video as she rode with her husband through town on Wednesday. She described the scene as “complete chaos.”
