At the same time, it is difficult for the authorities to name the exact number of dead. According to The New York Times, referring to the information he received from representatives of local authorities, the data vary, but most of them call figures exceeding ten people.

However, yesterday in the largest city of Texas Houston broke a dam. The streets of the city turned into rivers.

At the same meteorologist Ryan Mo calculated that to Houston and adjacent to the city by August 28 fell from 14 to 15 trillion gallons of precipitation. At least five trillion gallons are expected. Experts suggest that vona can stand a month.

Because of the elements, the American corporation ExxonMobil, the Netherlands-British Royal Dutch Shell and the Brazilian Petrobras suspended their refineries in Texas.

In addition, all oil refineries in the vicinity of Corpus Christi, located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Two major airports in Houston do not work, and most major highways, railway lines and many schools are closed.

Without electricity there are more than 300 thousand people on the American coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

As calculated by the department of insurance analyst company Imperial Capital pointed out, the damage from Harvey may amount to about one hundred billion dollars. Also, according to their data, less than a third of total destruction falls under insurance.

Recall, the hurricane "Harvey" has become the most powerful in the US over the past 12 years.

As reported URA-Inform, the American state of Texas is the fourth day living in a disaster mode due to the powerful storm of Harvey, which brought down rain and flooded the city.