#5 of 10 Most Popular News Galleries of 2017: Dramatic aerial views of the flooding in Harvey’s aftermath

(Originally posted on August 30, 2017)

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Neighborhood after neighborhood underwater. Submerged highways. The cities of coastal Texas in crisis. The destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey, downgraded to a still deadly tropical storm, can be seen in these aerial photos of the floodwaters as the historic storm continues to pour a torrent of rain down on reeling communities.

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