Hurricane Harvey Extensive Look By The Numbers

HOUSTON, TX — Residents in Houston and surrounding areas got a glimmer of hope when the sun poked through the clouds late Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. 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 on Wednesday afternoon and a briefing by FEMA, Patch has compiled a look at Harvey through a mathematical lens, and here're the numbers that quantify Harvey, which is now a tropical storm moving inland through Louisiana.

Hurricane Harvey By The Numbers:

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.

1 trillion — Gallons of rain that fell in the greater Houston area, per Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner.

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Harvey Could Be One Of The Most Expensive Storms In US History

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.

3,500 — 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.

10,000 — National Guard troops that will be sent from other states, bringing the total number to 24,000 guardsmen helping provide security and physical assistance in rescues.

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

50 — Counties under state emergency declaration.

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.

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

201,000 — people who have registered with FEMA for individual assistance. Those who haven't done so may visit disasterassistance.gov.

5,000,000 — Meals provided by FEMA so far.

88 — Houston Police cars flooded so far.

161 — HPD personnel who have damage to their homes.

47 — People reported missing in Houston after Harvey landed, per HPD.

27 — People found since the reports came out.

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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Top Image: People walk through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd. in Houston on August 27, 2017 as the US fourth city city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods.

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