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| Category 4 major hurricane (SSHWS/NWS) | |
 Hurricane Harvey near peak intensity prior to landfall in southern Texas on August 25 | |
| Formed | August 17, 2017 |
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| Dissipated | September 2, 2017 |
| (Extratropical after September 1) | |
| Highest winds | 1-minute sustained: 130 mph (215 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 937 mbar (hPa); 27.67 inHg |
| Fatalities | 68 direct, 39 indirect |
| Damage | $125 billion (2017 USD) (Tied as costliest tropical cyclone on record) |
| Areas affected | Windward Islands, Suriname, Guyana, Nicaragua, Honduras, Belize, Cayman Islands, Yucatán Peninsula, Southern and Eastern United States (especially Texas, Louisiana) |
| Part of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Harvey was a 2017 tropical cyclone, the 8th named storm, 3rd hurricane, and the 1st major hurricane of the hyperactive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season. Harvey was also the 3rd consecutive hurricane of the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season—after Franklin and Gert. The storm went through the Caribbean and Mexico. It threatened southern Texas, particularly the Corpus Christi and Victoria areas. The storm struck the state as a Category 4 hurricane on August 25.
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