Boat rescue traffic on the flooded Jimmy Johnson Road in Port Arthur, Texas, on August 30.
Boat rescue traffic on the flooded Jimmy Johnson Road in Port Arthur, Texas, on August 30.
Photograph by Marcus Yam, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images

Pictures Reveal Hurricane Harvey's Catastrophic Destruction

Rainfall from the storm is causing life-threatening floods.

Hurricane Harvey roared to shore on August 25 as a Category 4 storm, with 130-mph winds by the time it hit Rockport, Texas. Heavy rainfall has caused catastrophic flooding in Houston and along the Texas Gulf Coast, displacing thousands and causing dozens of deaths.

The gallery above features photography of the ongoing disaster and will be updated as the situation develops.

More than 2.3 million people live in rain-soaked Houston, and hundreds of thousands have been without power. (Learn the science behind what makes Harvey so deadly.)

Harvey is the strongest storm to hit a U.S. coast since Hurricane Wilma in 2005, and it has destroyed many buildings along the coast. Harvey was downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane by early Saturday

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