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The Latest on Hurricane Harvey

A guide to <em>The Atlantic</em>’s ongoing coverage of the catastrophe in Texas
Source: Adrees Latif / Reuters

It’s still raining in Houston. By the time the deluge tapers off—by Wednesday morning, forecasters hope—some areas in the region will have been soaked with 50 inches of rain since Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday.

The magnitude of the flooding in Texas is almost incomprehensible, even for a disaster that the National Weather Service warned was “unprecedented,” “unknown,” and “beyond anything experienced.” At

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