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Image: Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey

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Hurricane Harvey Causes Destruction After Making Landfall in Texas

Hurricane Harvey downgraded to a tropical storm after making landfall in Texas causes flooding and destruction.

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Image: A Woman Walks Along the Seawall in Galveston

Hillary Lebeb walks along the seawall in Galveston as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico on August 25. Harvey made landfall late Friday as a Category 4 and has since been downgraded to a tropical storm with potential for inundating rain which may cause catastrophic flooding.

—David J. Phillip / AP
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Strong winds batter a house on Padre Island before Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Corpus Christi.

—Mark Ralston / AFP - Getty Images
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Stewart Adams, of San Marcos, Texas, plays in the winds from Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi.

—Adrees Latif / Reuters
Image: Police respond to a truck overturned during Hurricane Harvey in El Toro, Texas

Police respond to a truck overturned during Hurricane Harvey in El Toro.

—Spike Johnson / for NBC News
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Daisy Graham reacts to the news that a friend of hers may still be in an apartment that was destroyed on August 26 in Rockport. The friends were found alive, but still hiding in the shower stall after the homes roof was blown off and walls blown in by the high winds.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Aaron Tobias who said he lost everything stands in what is left of his home after Hurricane Harvey blew in and destroyed most of the house

Aaron Tobias who said he lost everything stands in what is left of his home  after Hurricane Harvey blew in and destroyed most of the house in Rockport. Tobias said he was able to get his wife and kids out before the storm arrived but he stayed there and rode it out.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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A laundromat's machines lie exposed in the elements after Hurricane Harvey ripped through Rockport.

—Nick Wagner / Austin American-Statesman via AP
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

Terry Smith stands in the apartment that had its ceiling collapse when Hurricane Harvey hit in Rockport. Smith said she has never been as terrified in her life as when the winds started roaring through town.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

Valerie Brown walks through a flooded area after leaving an apartment in Rockport.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey

Lisa Rehr holds her four-year old son Maximus, as they await to be evacuated with their belongings after they lost their home from Rockport.

—Adrees Latif / Reuters
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Rescue workers search for survivors in a damaged structure in Rockport.

—Darren Abate / EPA
Image: A Car is Surrounded by Floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey in Point Comfort

A car is surrounded by floodwaters in Point Comfort.

—Rick Wilking / Reuters
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

Jacque McKay walks through the apartment complex where she lives with her dog in Rockport. McKay said she was able to rescue her dog but lost pretty much everything else.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Melanie Starnauld and her 19-year-old son Mathew, who lost their home to Hurricane Harveyawait to be evacuated

Melanie Starnauld and her 19-year-old son Mathew, who lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, wait to be evacuated from Rockport.

—Adrees Latif / Reuters
Image: A Driver Moves Through Flood Waters Left behind by Hurricane Harvey

A driver moves through floodwaters in Aransas Pass.

—Eric Gay / AP
Image: A Herd of Cows Which Escaped from Fencing Damaged by Hurricane Harvey Block a Highway Near Port Lavaca

A herd of cows which escaped from fencing damaged by Hurricane Harvey block a highway near Port Lavaca.

—Rick Wilking / Reuters
Image: Boats are Pushed Ashore by Hurricane Harvey in Port Lavaca

Boats pushed ashore by Hurricane Harvey in Port Lavaca.

—Rick Wilking / Reuters
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

Jessica Campbell hugs Jonathan Fitzgerald after riding out Hurricane Harvey in an apartment in Rockport. 

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

A Rockport firefighter goes door to door on a search and rescue mission as he looks for people that  need help in Rockport.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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Emily Zurawski cries while inspecting her home in Port Aransas.

—Nick Wagner / Austin American-Statesman via AP file
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

Donna Raney is helped out of the window by Lee Guerrero and Daisy Graham after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her apartment in Rockport. Donna was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in by the winds of Hurricane Harvey.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: Hurricane Harvey Slams Into Texas Gulf Coast

A man walks his dog past a damaged building in Rockport.

—Joe Raedle / Getty Images
Image: People make their way down partially flooded roads following the passage of Hurricane Harvey

People make their way down partially flooded roads in Galveston.

—Brendan Smialowski / AFP - Getty Images
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