When hurricane season arrived this year, the U.S. had not seen a Category 3 or larger storm make landfall in more than a decade. Then, not one … but two did just that.
Hurricane Harvey came first, making his first landfall in Texas on Sept. 25 as a Category 4 storm, packing wind gusts of over 100 mph. The massive storm stalled over Houston, dumping up to two feet of rain on certain areas. In all, 70 counties in Texas and Louisiana were affected by Harvey.