Basic Storm Stats – Texas Hurricane Harvey
Dates of the hurricane:
Incident Period: August 23-September 15, 2017
Major Disaster Declaration: August 25, 2017
Wind speed:
130mph (Category 4) at landfall in Rockport, Texas
Peak rainfall:[1]
40-61 inches
51.88 inches fell in Cedar Bayou in less than five days
Affected areas/counties/DRC info:
Aransas, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Karnes, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Jacinto, San Patricio, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Wharton
Early estimates # of homes/people impacted:
185,149 (estimated 20,000 homes flooded, 13,500 homes destroyed)
How many estimated to have home/wind insurance:
95%
How many estimate to have flood insurance:
20-30%[2]
FEMA IA registrations
782,962 (286,009 applications approved)
Total insurance claims
- 354,000 residential property claims — including homeowners, residential and mobile homeowners
- 203,000 automobile claims
- 37,000 commercial property claims
- 66,000 flood claims
- 12,000 “other” insurance claims
[2] $37 billion in home damage projected; only $9.5 covered by insurance