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Photos: The Aftermath of Hurricane Harvey (34 photos)

Hurricane Harvey, the first major hurricane to make landfall in the United States in more than a decade, made landfall on the Texas coast late Friday, as a Category 4 storm, destroying homes, overturning vehicles and sinking boats, severing power lines and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. As Harvey, now downgraded to a tropical storm, lingers over Texas, record amounts of rain are predicted, which could spawn even more destruction in the form of catastrophic flooding.

A driver works his way through a maze of fallen utility poles damaged in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, on August 26, 2017, in Taft, Texas. (Eric Gay / AP)
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/photos-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-harvey/538143/