Hurricane Harvey Extensive Look By The Numbers: Weekend Edition

HOUSTON, TX — Residents in Houston and surrounding areas got a glimmer of hope when the sun poked through the clouds week. But the damage of Hurricane Harvey is still evident throughout neighborhood streets, evacuee shelters, the amount of volunteers and the rising costs of relief efforts.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner have given press conferences every day, often times several in one day. After press conferences by both all week and briefings by FEMA, Patch has compiled a look at Harvey through a mathematical lens, and here're the numbers that quantify Harvey.

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Hurricane Harvey By The Numbers:

27 trillion — Gallons of rain that fell from Harvey.

69 — Years of water supply for New York City with 27 trillion gallons.

2 — Landfalls made. Once as a Category 4 storm on Aug. 25, 2017 in Lockport, and the other as a tropical storm on Aug. 30, 2017 in Cameron, Louisiana.

51.2 — Inches of rainfall at Cedar Bayou, making it the largest amount of rain during a named storm in U.S. history.

2 — Number of colors the National Weather Service added to its map to chart rain events similar to Harvey.

600 — Pallets of water delivered to Beaumont.

400 — Pallets of meals delivered to Beaumont.

4,200 — water rescues performed by Houston police and fire, and the United States Coast Guard. This doesn't include rescues made by private citizens from all around the state.

14,000 —Texas National Guard troops activated, which is the full amount.

33 — Counties under federal disaster proclamation after 14 counties were added Wednesday morning.

258 — Shelters in Texas, including Dallas and San Antonio. There are more in Louisiana.

32,000 — Evacuees in shelters around the state.

218,000 — Houston ISD students who will receive three free meals a day for the entire 2017-18 school year after the USDA waived all applications.

15 million — Dollars raised through an online campaign by Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt.

10 million — Dollars donated by Houston Rockets owner Leslie Alexander.

440,000 — people who have registered with FEMA for individual assistance. Those who haven't done so may visit disasterassistance.gov.

138 — Consecutive hours of Hurricane Harvey coverage by KHOU, the Houston CBs TV affiliate, before returning to regular programming at 7 p.m. Thursday night.

79 million — Dollars approved so far by FEMA.

8,000,000 — Meals provided by FEMA so far.

88 — Houston Police cars flooded so far.

43 — States that have provided air support for Texas.

49 — Total state that offered assistance to Texas, per governor Greg Abbott.

70 million — Amount in dollars the City of Houston paid to clean up after Hurricane Ike in 2008.

125 billion — Cost for total recovery after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a number that's projected to pale in comparison once Harvey is all said and done.

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