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Harvey The 'Most Significant Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Event In U.S. History'

A new report from the National Hurricane Center takes stock of exactly how big, damaging and deadly Hurricane Harvey really was. 

"Harvey was the most significant tropical cyclone rainfall event in United States history, both in scope and peak rainfall amounts, since reliable rainfall records began around the 1880s," the report says.

According to the report, the storm directly killed at least 68 people, all of them in Texas, and indirectly killed some 35 more.

Read entire article at NPR