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<h1>1 month after Hurricane Harvey hit, over 60,000 Texans are still displaced, living in shelters or hotel rooms paid for by FEMA</h1>

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  HOUSTON (AP) â It has been a month since Hurricane Harvey brought
  devastating wind and flooding to the Texas coast and Houston
  area, and while the water has receded and businesses have
  reopened, huge debris piles in front of thousands of homes serve
  as a constant reminder that there's still a long way to go in the
  recovery process.
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  Chris Slaughter, 39, whose house in the Houston suburb of
  Kingwood was flooded by 5Â½ feet of water, said he hasn't let his
  family see their home as it undergoes repairs because he didn't
  want his children "seeing their memories piled up in five feet
  stacks in the front yard."
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  Troy Randle, one of the more than 1,300 people still living in
  shelters, said his life remains on hold as he waits for the
  federal government to process his request for help so he can find
  more permanent housing.
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  More than 60,000 displaced people are still living in hotel rooms
  paid for by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and many
  businesses say they expect revenues will continue to suffer over
  the next six months. But people remain hopeful they will rebuild
  and find their way back to normal.
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  "Harvey knocked us to our knees," said Aransas County Judge Burt
  Mills, Jr., whose coastal county had 35 percent of its buildings
  destroyed after Harvey made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on
  Aug. 25. "The next day we got on our feet and every day it gets a
  little better."
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  In Houston, where thousands of people needed rescuing during the
  storm, traffic is again flowing and kids have returned to school.
  But there are piles of ruined furniture and other debris in front
  of homes in the worst-hit areas that serve as a continuing
  reminder of Harvey's wrath.
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  The storm is estimated to have damaged or destroyed more than
  176,100 homes in Texas. In Harris County, which includes Houston,
  officials say at least 136,000 homes and other structures were
  damaged.
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  "Until we get back to normal life, then I think this event is
  just going to continue to be a sore wound on the whole county,"
  said Harris County Judge Ed Emmett.
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  Officials estimate that Harvey could produce 200 to 300 million
  cubic yards of debris in Texas, which would double or triple the
  estimated 100 million cubic yards that Hurricane Katrina left
  behind in all states it hit.
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  Marcela MagaÃ±a, whose home in suburban Houston in Fort Bend
  County flooded, said seeing the debris every day is "very
  overwhelming" for her and her husband, Eli. Like everyone else in
  their situation, they wonder when it will be picked up. Public
  officials are asking for patience, saying it will likely take
  months.
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  The two large shelters in Houston have closed, including one at
  the convention center which held 10,000 people. Several smaller
  ones remain open in the Houston area and other southeast Texas
  cities, though, and for those still living in them, the
  frustration is mounting.
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