HURRICANE HARVEY THIRD DAY AFTER LANDFALL MONDAY, AUG. 28 Walter Hays, Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction, Vienna, Virginia, USA lecture by Walter Hays Uploading date: August 28, 2017 More lectures at Disasters Supercourse - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/disasters/BADisasterSupercourse.htm PPT original - http://www.pitt.edu/~super7/55011-56001/55591.ppt 2017 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE HARVEY AFTER LANDFALL lecture http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec55581/index.htm   2017 ATLANTIC BASIN HURRICANE HARVEY http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec55571/index.htm HURRICANE HARVEY FOURTH DAY AFTER LANDFALL. Part 1 http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec55611/index.htm HURRICANE HARVEY FOURTH DAY AFTER LANDFALL. Part 2 http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec55621/index.htm HURRICANE HARVEY. FIFTH DAY AFTER LANDFALL http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec55631/index.htm

BEFORE LANDFALL: SUMMARY

PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED A DISASTER DECLARATION TO FACILITATE PROVISION OF FEDERAL AID FOR THE IMPACTED AREA BEFORE THE STORM MADE LANDFALL IN TEXAS ON FRIDAY, AUG. 25th

PUBLIC THINKING ABOUT HARVEY BEFORE LANDFALL HARVEY WILL LIKELY BECOME KNOWN AS THE STORM OF 2017, AND POSSIBLY OF THE DECADE.

FRIDAY NIGHT, AUG. 25 Landfall: Summary

AUGUST 25, 2017: HARVEY MADE LANDFALL AROUND 9:45 pm HARVEY – A HUGE RAINMAKER AND STORM-SURGE MAKER, MADE LANDFALL NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI, TX AS A CAT 4 HURRICANE WITH 130 MPH WINDS; IT QUICKLY DETEORIATED TO A CAT 1 STORM AND STALLED IN PLACE DUE TO THE LACK OF CONTROLLING STEERING WINDS.

WHAT HAPPENED: Early rainfall totals were staggering WHAT HAPPENED: Early rainfall totals were staggering. The National Hurricane Center said that an automated rain gauge near Victoria, a city of about 68,000 in the vicinity of the landfall, recorded more than 40 cm (16 inches) in 24 hours

SATURDAY, AUGUST 26 Day 1 After Landfall Summary

LONG-TERM FORECAST OF IMPACTS INTO AUGUST 30th

FORECAST: HOUSTON WILL RECEIVE HUGE RAINFALL HOUSTON, THE USA’s 4TH LARGEST CITY, FACES CATASTROPHIC FLOODING THAT WILL IMPACT ROADS, BUS-INESSES, AND REGIONAL COMMERCE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 27 Day 2 After Landfall: Summary

HARVEY, A STALLED TROPICAL STORM, WAS DUMPING RAIN ON HOUSTON AT RATE OF 15 CM/HOUR (6 IN/HOUR), CAUSING IT AND OTHER NEAR-BY CITIES TO BECOME IMPASSABLE BY CAR AND ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER

HOUSTON’s DRY STREETS AND BAYOUS ARE TURNED INTO RIVERS AT OR NEAR FLOOD-STAGE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES TO A FEW HOURS

FLOODING ISOLATES HOUSTON INTERNALLY/EXTERNALLY

DOWNTOWN HOUSTON: FLOODED

HOUSTON: NEIGHBOR-HOODS FLOODED

HOUSTON: NEIGHBOR-HOODS FLOODED

PUBLIC THINKING NOW HARVEY WILL LIKELY BECOME KNOWN AS THE STORM OF 2017, AND OF THE DECADE, AND ALSO AS THE CAUSE OF THE USA’s WORST CATASTROPHIC FLOOD DISASTER IN HISTORY.

THOUSANDS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS FROM TX, AND AS FAR AWAY AS VA, NY, AND CA, BEGAN ARRIVING WITH SUPPLIES OF ALL KINDS AND WITH BOATS AND HELICOPTERS TO CONDUCT URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS, WHERE NEEDED

STATE OFFICIALS SOON BEGAN RECEIVING EMERGENCY 911 CALLS AND TWEETS FROM PEOPLE STRANDED ON FLOODED HIGHWAYS WANTING TO BE RESCUED OR FROM PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES AT RISK FROM RAPIDLY RISING FLOOD WATERS

THOUSANDS OF CALLS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE WERE RECEIVED AT EMERGENCY CENTERS; CALLERS NOW BEING TOLD “DO NOT CALL UNLESS IN IMMINENT DANGER”

MONDAY, AUGUST 28 Day 3 After Landfall: Summary: Incredible Rainfall Causes Catastrophic VERY RAPID Flooding in Houston

BOTH AIRPORTS CLOSED

250 HIGHWAY SYSTEMS IN HOUSTON CLOSED

RESCUES Emergency responders completed more than 2,000 high-water rescues during the night, and asked the public to donate their personal boats. The Coast Guard now has one-half of its helicopter fleet doing rescues in Houston area.

ROADS ALMOST IMPASSABLE

EVACUEES CAN NOT RETURN; THOSE THERE AT RISK CAN NOT LEAVE EXCEPT BY BOAT OR HELICOPTER

ROADS ALMOST IMPASSABLE

FLOODED INTERSTATE 225

FLOODED INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 610

FLOODED HIGHWAY

FLOODED HIGHWAY

A RESCUE OF ELDERLY ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENT

A RESCUE

HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR 2-3 DAYS BECAUSE HARVEY IS STILL ESSENTIALLY STALLED, AND MAY EVEN MAKE ANOTHER LANDFALL.

40 BILLION DOLLARS+ IN LOSSES?? OIL REFINERIES AND PIPELINES SHUT DOWM FOR INDEFINITE PERIOD. BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN FOR LONG PERIODS. THOUSANDS OF HOMES TO BE REHABILITATED OR DEMOLISHED MANY AREAS AROUND HOUSTON WILL BE UNINHABITAL FOR MONTHS/YEARS

UNEXPECTED RISK: 20,000 PASSENGERS ARE STRANDED ON CRUISE SHIPS IN GULF OF MEXICO WAITING FOR PORT OF GALVESTON TO BE OPERABLE