This amount exceeded the losses caused by the powerful hurricanes Katrina 2005 and Sandy 2012 combined. About this on Sunday, September 3, the governor of the headquarters Greg Abbott.

According to him, Katrina caused losses of 120 billion dollars, but if you look at the number of houses and businesses that Harvey hooked, it will cost significantly more - from 150 to 180 billion, "he explained..

Recall, the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump appealed to Congress to allocate 7.

85 billion dollars to eliminate the effects of bad weather in Texas. Governor Abbott called it "the first payment" and reminded that it would be necessary to rebuild the "fourth largest city of the United States, as well as the entire geographic region".

As reported URA-Inform, "Harvey" - the most powerful hurricane that flew to Texas over the past 50 years. According to current data, the element killed 47 people. More than a million people were forced to leave their destroyed, damaged or flooded houses.