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            <p><span class="articleLocatio</span>n">(Reuters) - At least $23 billion worth of property has been affected by flooding from Hurricane Harvey just in parts of Texas' Harris and Galveston counties, a Reuters analysis of satellite imagery and property data shows.
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                            <p>The number represents market value, not storm damage, and is but a small fraction of the storm's reach, as satellite images of the flooding are incomplete. Satellite imagery compiled by researchers at the University of Colorado shows flooding across 234 square miles (600 sq km)of Harris County and 51 square miles (132 sq km) of Galveston County, about one-eighth of each county's land area.
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                            <p>(For a map of flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey click <a href="http://tmsnrt.rs/2erCMUT">tmsnrt.rs/2erCMUT</a>)
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                            <p>It is impossible to discern damage amounts from the data, as the satellite imagery does not reveal the depth of the floodwaters; nor does it reveal the impact of wind. But even this partial tally signals that the storm will rank among the most damaging in U.S. history.
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                            <p>Reuters overlaid the flood imagery on property parcel maps and found floodwaters had encroached on at least 30,000 properties in the two counties, with a total market value of $23.4  billion. 
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                            <p>Of that, 26 percent is land value; the rest is buildings and other improvements. In Harris County, where Reuters was able to determine the property’s use, about 18 percent of the affected property is residential.
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                                            <p>“But it will take some time to understand the magnitude of Harvey's devastation, which is still unfolding,” Smith said in an email Wednesday to Reuters. “It is very unclear if Harvey's costs will ultimately surpass Katrina.  However, since this is an unprecedented extreme precipitation event over a major city, in addition to the damage to other cities (and) regions from wind, storm surge and flooding, it's very possible.”
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                            <p>Hurricane Katrina in 2005 caused about $160 billion in damage, Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused $70 billion, and Hurricane Ike in 2008 caused $34 billion, according to research by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The damage figures are adjusted for inflation to 2017 dollars.
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                            <p>Harvey, a category 4 storm with 130 mph winds, came ashore Friday in Rockport, Texas. It churned slowly over the next five days, dropping about 50 inches of rain on Harris County, more than any tropical storm recorded in the continental U.S. since 1950.
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                                            <p>"Because of the extent of flooding, a lot of insurance companies are expecting to see very high numbers of complete losses of residential properties," said Moore, who monitors government and insurance industry reports. "And large proportions of those properties are going to be uninsured. A lot of people have dropped flood insurance policies the last few years."
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                            <p>Homeowners who live outside the 100-year-flood hazard zone or don’t have mortgages are not required to buy flood insurance. Because there hasn’t been major flooding in Houston in 16 years, many homeowners have dropped coverage to save money.
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                            <p>Asked what would happen to them, Moore said, "They're left in a situation nobody wants to be in. They're not going to have very many options for repairing their homes. And a lot of forms of federal disaster assistance aren't available if you don't have flood insurance."
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                            <p>Many of the neighbors who returned Wednesday to Oak Knoll Lane in Northeast Houston find themselves in that predicament. One of them, Valerie Stephens, 32, abandoned her house on Saturday, when about nine inches of water rushed into the house over half an hour. She has no flood insurance, and she said her house, valued at $79,000 on Zillow just before the storm, is worth "much less than that" now.
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                            <p>Up and down the street, water had topped mailboxes and left behind puddles of dirty water, a festering stink and a faint line of grime inside each house where the water had stagnated, usually a couple of feet off the floor.
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