Less than a week ago, Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and in the days following, it dumped trillions of gallons of rain on parts of Texas and Louisiana, spawning unprecedented flooding. More than 13,000 rescues have been made so far, with more taking place as the storm and floodwaters shift to the east. With rainfall accumulation measured at 51.88 inches, Harvey set the record as the wettest tropical cyclone ever to hit the contiguous United States. Recovery, which is predicted to last months or years, has only just begun.
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Read moreMatthew Koser looks for important papers and heirlooms inside his grandfather's house after it was flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017, in the Bear Creek neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir. #
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Read moreA cat tries to find dry ground around an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Houston, Texas. #
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Read moreIn this aerial photo, a neighborhood near Addicks Reservoir is flooded by rain from Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreA military helicopter and personnel rescue a stranded resident from floods caused by Tropical Storm Harvey in east Houston, Texas, on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreA U.S. Border Patrol airboat moves through a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas, on August 30, 2017. #
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Read moreVolunteer rescue workers help a woman from her home that was inundated with the flooding of Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. #
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Read moreSteven Sullivan of the Leander Fire Department greets six-month-old Toby Reznor as he helps rescue the Reznor family from their apartment flooded by Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017, in Kingwood, Texas. #
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Read moreShardea Harrison looks at her 3-week-old baby, Sarai Harrison, held by Dean Mize, as Jason Legnon uses his airboat to rescue them from their home after the area was inundated by Hurricane Harvey on August 28, 2017, in Houston, Texas. #
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Read moreWater flows over the spillway at Lake Houston on August 29, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreHighways around downtown Houston are empty as floodwaters from Harvey overflow from the bayous around the city on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreSmall airplanes are surrounded by floodwaters at the West Houston Airport on August 30, 2017. #
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Read moreA cow swims trying to get out of Hurricane Harvey floodwaters near East Columbia, Texas, on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreLarry Koser Jr., seated in a kayak floating at cabinet height in his kitchen, calls his wife looking for important papers and heirlooms inside his father's house after it was flooded by heavy rains from Hurricane Harvey on August 29, 2017, in the Bear Creek neighborhood of west Houston. The neighborhood flooded after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir. #
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Read moreEvacuees wait to be transported to a shelter after being rescued from the flooding of Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Port Arthur, Texas. #
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Read moreA flooded road during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreWings of Rescue co-pilot Jose G. Martinez reaches for one of the last of of a load of 35 dogs from Texas shelters flown to make space for companion animals rescued in the Hurricane Harvey aftermath in Seattle on August 30, 2017. The dogs arriving in Seattle were already in Texas shelters when Harvey hit and are being transferred to Seattle-area shelters so animals displaced from the flooding can be cared for in Texas until they can be reunited with their families there. The rescue transfer is a collaboration between the Humane Society of the United States, Wings of Rescue, the Progressive Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), and other Seattle-area shelters. #
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Read moreA woman is rescued from Tropical Storm Harvey floodwaters by a U.S. Navy Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 7 crew in Beaumont, Texas, in a still image from video made on August 30, 2017. #
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Read moreA baby sits with family belongings in a shelter at a Gallery Furniture store during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreAlberto Cuevas and his son Eddie rest in their living area at a shelter in Gallery Furniture in Richmond, Texas, on August 30, 2017. Cuevas's family left their Houston home after after an evacuation order was issued for flooding as a result of Hurricane Harvey. The furniture store opened as a shelter, housing as many as 350 people in an area being constructed as a museum of American industry. #
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Read moreResidents wait for rescue at an apartment complex after it was inundated with water on August 30, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreA deer stands in front of a house as it escapes high water from the San Jacinto River following Hurricane Harvey in Conroe, Texas, on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreFloodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes and businesses in Port Arthur, Texas, on August 31, 2017. #
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Read morePeople line up to buy groceries in the Channelview section of Houston as floodwaters began to recede on August 29, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreWorkers begin repairs to a wall that was lost in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas, on August 30, 2017. #
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Read moreGillis Leho looks for documents in her car that was submerged in floodwaters in Houston on August 30, 2017. Leho had been planning to evacuate, but had to quickly escape through a window with her grandchildren as rising waters rushed in from nearby Buffalo Bayou. She is staying at the George R. Brown Convention Center but returned home to try and retrieve medications needed for herself and her grandchildren. #
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Read moreRescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters rise on August 28, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreHomes are surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017, in Spring, Texas. #
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Read moreA man directs a rescue boat to people in need of rescue at an apartment complex on August 30, 2017, in Houston, Texas. #
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Read moreA burned out home is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Spring, Texas, on August 29, 2017. #
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Read moreA woman paddles down a flooded road while ferrying deliveries for her neighbors during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on August 30, 2017, in Houston. #
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Read moreJannett Martinez holds her cat Gigi as she rides a boat out of her neighborhood, which was inundated after water was released from nearby Addicks Reservoir when it reached capacity due to Tropical Storm Harvey on August 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas. #
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