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<p><a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/Hurricane-Harvey">Hurricane Harvey</a> didn’t just devastate homes and businesses &#8211; it may also have totaled up to half a million cars. An estimated 500,000 Texan vehicles will likely be scrapped, leading to a massive sales wave of new and used <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/vehicles">cars</a> in the near future. </p>
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<p>Compared to the fallout of other major storms, such as <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/">Hurricane Sandy</a>, the density of totaled vehicles in Houston is staggering. Cox Automotive — the company behind Kelly Blue Book and Autotrader — told <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/a-half-million-flooded-cars-and-trucks-could-be-scrapped.html">CNBC</a> that nearly 500,000 vehicles are likely to be totaled.</p>
<p>Reportedly, “scores” of trucks and cars had water up to their windows and, in some cases, over the hood and roof. <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/a-half-million-flooded-cars-and-trucks-could-be-scrapped.html">Said</a> Jonathon Smoke, chief economist for Cox Automotive, “This is worse than <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/Hurricane-Sandy">Hurricane Sandy</a>. Sandy was bad, but the flooding with Hurricane Harvey could impact far more vehicles.” 250,000 vehicles were scrapped in 2012 when Hurricane Sandy battered New York and New Jersey.</p>
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<p><a href="https://inhabitat.com/1200-dead-millions-homeless-due-to-flooding-in-india-nepal-and-bangladesh/">Related: 1,200 dead, millions homeless due to flooding in India, Nepal, and Bangladesh</a></p>
<p>Whenever a hurricane hits, it leaves a legacy of damaged property, industrial waste, raw sewage, and oil spills &#8211; and the repercussions of Hurricane Harvey will be felt for many months. According to Ryan Maue with Weatherbell, 11 trillion gallons of rain dumped on the state during the actual <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/natural-disasters">storm</a>; by the time the weather dissipates completely, that number is expected to increase to 25 trillion gallons of rain. In total, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html">30,000 people sought temporary shelter</a> and 450,000 are expected to seek assistance from <a href="https://inhabitat.com/tag/FEMA">FEMA</a>.</p>
<p>Via <a href="http://jalopnik.com/up-to-500-000-cars-could-be-totaled-from-hurricane-harv-1798580690">Jalopnik</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/27/us/harvey-impact-by-the-numbers-trnd/index.html">CNN</a>, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/29/a-half-million-flooded-cars-and-trucks-could-be-scrapped.html">CNBC</a></p>
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