Hurricane Harvey: 5 Years Later
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‘There’s Still a Scar There’ -
The home of J.P. and Carla Hartley on the Frisch Auf! golf course in La Grange before Hurricane Harvey (left) and during the flooding (right). The Hartleys were never allowed to rebuild and the home still sits abandoned awaiting the buyout process. -
La Grange residents look into their flooded neighborhood from higher ground five years ago.
On Aug. 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall at Port Aransas. Over the following days, the storm dumped torrential rainfall on Fayette County and much of Central Texas.
Three days after landfall, on Monday, Aug. 28, the Colorado River in La Grange crested at 54.1 feet – the third highest level in recorded history and the highest the City had seen in 100 years. This weekend, by comparison,…
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