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Goodness, the latest pictures coming out of Texas are crazy. There are places on highways where the water is literally almost touching highway signs and the storm is going to stick around off the coast dumping rain for another few days.

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With Harvey now heading back over open water is that going to allow the storm to strengthen once again. With it scheduled to make a second landfall on the Texas coast closer to Louisiana we could see a reenergized storm once again with even more flooding rains.

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I think it will strengthen to some degree. The crazy thing is one track has it heading back towards Houston after it makes landfall again, sticking around that area through Thursday.

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$160B is the damage estimate for Harvey, expected to be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. History. That's equal to the combined total of Katrina and Sandy. Hurricane Harvey could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. History with a potential price tag of $160 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from private weather firm AccuWeather. This is equal to the combined cost of storms Katrina and Sandy, and represents a 0.8% economic hit to the gross national product, AccuWeather said. Ref. USAToday.

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With this storm sitting in one place for so long and the fact that it was able to keep tropical storm status even by the time it went back to sea showed that it was going to be a devastating storm. The US is not out of the woods with this storm and any other damage it can cause as it travels up the Mississippi river states.

Edited: KNtoran on 31st Aug, 2017 - 12:31pm

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Yup, I agree with you. This storm was a monster as it came ashore and it remained a monster as it sat there and churned. It has dissipated quite a bit but it can still spawn tornadoes and it's going to bring a lot of rain and damaging winds with it.

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Yes but now we will soon be seeing the last of Harvey and there will be no more. This name will be retired from the lists due to the loss of life and cost of property repair. This will make it one of the costliest Hurricanes in US history.

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If the number they are estimating is correct then it will be far and away the costliest storm in US history.