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                <p class="sdc-news-article-header__standfirst">The flooding was so widespread it "flexed Earth's crust", according to a geophysicist at the California Institute of Technology.</p>
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                    <p class="sdc-news-story-article__byline">By Ceren Senkul, News Reporter</p>
        
                <p class="sdc-news-story-article__intro">The sheer weight of torrential rain brought by Hurricane Harvey has caused Houston to sink by two centimetres, a geophysicist says.</p>
        
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</div><p>The storm brought five consecutive days of rain, with nearly 52 inches in one location.</p><div class="ad ad--teads-desktop"><div class="sdc-site-au " data-ad-format="teads" data-type=""><div class="sdc-site-au__teads" data-role="ad-container" data-config="{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;teads-desktop&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;20346936\/skynews\/world\/content&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:{&quot;desktop&quot;:[[4,4]]},&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;,&quot;artId&quot;:11024676}}" data-targeting-strnativekey="" data-targeting-platform="" data-tag="" data-component-name="sdc-site-mpu" aria-label="Advertisement" id="teads-desktop" data-tolerance="2"></div></div>
</div><p>Water weighs about a ton per cubic metre and the flooding was so widespread that it "flexed Earth's crust", according to Chris Milliner, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology.</p><p>:: <strong><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/hurricane-irma-causing-unprecedented-carnage-to-caribbean-islands-11024297" target="_blank">'Carnage' as Irma hits UK Caribbean islands</a></strong></p><p>It was the heaviest tropical downpour ever recorded in the US, causing billions of dollars worth of damage.</p><div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image">
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<p>The US Senate has now overwhelmingly backed a $15.25bn aid package for victims of Harvey, which will now go to the House of Representatives for final congressional approval.</p><p>The fund includes $7.4bn for the Disaster Relief Fund at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, $450m for businesses and $7.4bn for housing.</p><p>The torrential rains also caused two explosions at a Texas chemical plant 25 miles northeast of Houston, for which emergency services are suing.</p><div class="ad ad--mpu-mobile"><div class="sdc-site-au " data-ad-format="mpu" data-type=""><div class="sdc-site-au__mpu" data-role="ad-container" data-config="{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;mpu-inline-mobile&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;20346936\/skynews\/world\/content&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:{&quot;mobile&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;tablet&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;desktop&quot;:[[300,250]]},&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;,&quot;artId&quot;:11024676}}" data-targeting-strnativekey="" data-targeting-platform="" data-tag="" data-component-name="sdc-site-mpu" aria-label="Advertisement" id="mpu-inline-mobile" data-tolerance="2"></div></div>
</div><p>Plumes of smoke filled the air causing several people, including 15 police deputies, to be taken to hospital after inhaling the fumes.</p><p>Emergency service members are suing the Arkema chemical group for negligence as they were never told about the dangers of the smoke, according to their lawyers.</p> <div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image">
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<p>Officials initially described the fumes from the blaze as "incredibly toxic" but later backed away and assured locals the smoke posed no immediate threat to their health.</p><p>Harvey claimed at least 60 lives and caused property damage estimated to be as much as $180bn in Texas and Louisiana.</p><p>:: <strong><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/live-hurricane-irma-hits-caribbean-islands-11022807" target="_blank">LIVE: Florida told 'do not try to ride out this storm'</a></strong></p><div><div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-related-stories" data-component-name="sdc-article-related-stories">
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