In late August and early September, back-to-back Atlantic hurricanes Harvey and Irma pummeled parts of the Southeast, including Texas, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Georgia.
The historic and catastrophic flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, which received as much as 50 inches or more of rain in just a few days. Meanwhile, Hurricane Irma demolished Caribbean communities before making landfall in Florida. At the time this issue went to print, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma were responsible for 83 and 84 total deaths, respectively, as well as hundreds of billions of dollars in damage.