Hurricane Harvey Research Paper

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Hurricane Harvey devastated southeast Texas last year and residents are still dealing with the aftermath. Harvey had catastrophic amounts of rainfall which caused severe flooding and because of this some residents are still dealing with this issue 8 months later. Harvey was one of the costliest hurricanes to hit Texas costing billions of dollars in damage. Some Texans are still with ought homes and basic utilities for living, looking for local and state governments for help. Millions of dollars have been given to the state of Texas for recovery efforts, but with so many without homes and jobs it might not be enough. The aftermath of Hurricane Harvey is still affecting thousands of Texans and many are still wondering when they are getting help. …show more content…

Local governments want the state to tap into the rainy-day fund, which has over $9 billion stores away. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said with ought more help from the state, Houston will be forced to raise property taxes for a whole year. Governor Abbot said he gave Houston $100 million for recovery efforts. Turner said the damage done by the storm exceed $100 million granted by Abbot, the damages exceeded this by $10 million. If the state government is going to tap into the rainy-day fund it will not be until the next legislative session, which will be late …show more content…

Since August 31, 2017, more than 30,000 people took refuge in more than 220 Red Cross shelters in Texas. FEMA has also sent more than 50,000 medical supplies to the affected areas and almost 2 million meals to those who sought refuge. There are plenty of other Federal agencies are helping in recovery efforts like American Red Cross, U.S Coast Guard and Department of Defense, these are just a couple of many. FEMA has stated that it is preparing for years of long recovery from Harvey. The relief funds might not be sufficient and might need a budget increase from congress, for all those being helped there are a few who “fell through the cracks.” According to The Washington Post, “the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Episcopal Health Foundation conducted the survey between Oct. 17 and Nov. 20, using cellphones and land lines to obtain responses from 1,635 randomly selected adults from 24 Texas counties affected by Harvey.” Roughly 4 out of 10 survivors applied for assistance and only 26% of them received help. That means 33% of them got denied and the have no idea why. FEMA would not give than a reason as to why they were denied assistance and where just left in the dust. 6 out of 10 said they were not given instructions on how to revise their applications either. FEMA have already responded to this saying all applicants denied for assistance are always given a reason why. Leaving many unanswered

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