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many votes could Hurricane Harvey cost Trump in Texas?</h1> </div> <wp-ad id="slug_tiffany_tile" data-ad-type="tiffany_tile" class="hidden-xs right"></wp-ad> </div> <div id="essentials-topperx" style="display: none;"></div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="pb-container"> </div></section> <section id="main-content" class="col-xl-9 col-lg-8 col-md-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 col-xs-offset-0 col-sm-offset-0 col-md-offset-0 col-lg-offset-0 layout"> <div class="moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-deck" moat-id="article/article-deck|politics" data-chain-name="no-name" data-feature-name="no-name" data-feature-id="article/article-deck" data-pb-fingerprint="0fTQxGB0JpP" id="fw5mxe2IZgmwyq"> <div id="article-deck" class="article-deck"> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="moat-trackable pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-article-body" moat-id="article/article-body|politics" data-chain-name="no-name" data-feature-name="no-name" data-feature-id="article/article-body" data-pb-fingerprint="0fsaJaXsip0" id="f0m0HIcIZgmwyq"> <div id="article-body" class="article-body content-format-default"> <div class="pb-sig-line hasnt-headshot has-0-headshots hasnt-bio is-not-column"> <span class="pb-byline" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">By <span itemprop="name">Boris Heersink</span>, <span itemprop="name">Brenton Peterson</span> and <span itemprop="name">Jeffery A. Jenkins</span></span> <span class="pb-byline-tool-mobile"> <span class="pb-byline" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person">By <span itemprop="name">Boris Heersink</span>, <span itemprop="name">Brenton Peterson</span> and <span itemprop="name">Jeffery A. Jenkins</span></span> </span> <span class="pb-timestamp" itemprop="datePublished" content="2017-08-29T07:00-500">August 29, 2017</span> <span class="pb-bolt"><i class="fa fa-bolt"></i></span> </div> <article class="paywall" itemprop="articleBody"> <div class="inline-content inline-video"> <div class="posttv-video-embed powa" data-ad-bar="1" data-aspect-ratio="0.5625" data-blurb="1" data-live="0" data-object-id="59a4794ee4b0e0e6b33b8548" data-org="wapo" data-playthrough="1" data-uuid="4e8360da-8c2d-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953" data-youtube-id="FGrSRVEZqDo"> <script async="" src="https://www.washingtonpost.com/player/prod/PoWaLoaderWapo.js?_=20180213"></script> </div> <div class="inline-video-caption"> <span class="pb-caption">During a sit down with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto at the White House Aug. 28, President Trump spoke about his upcoming visit to Texas to assess Hurricane Harvey's damage. (The Washington Post)</span> </div> </div> <div class="flex-embed-dummy-script"><script charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p>Hurricane Harvey has slammed into Texas, bringing power outages, destruction and extensive flooding that <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/full-extent-of-harveys-aftermath-starts-to-come-into-chilling-focus/2017/08/27/1b2b184a-8b56-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-top-table-main_houstonprint-745pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&amp;utm_term=.59a15445083a">is expected to get worse</a>. While personal harm and property damage resulting from Harvey are rightly the overriding concern, there is already speculation about how Donald Trump will handle the first major natural disaster of his presidency and whether it <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/25/trump-hurricane-harvey-disaster-response-242030">could significantly affect his reelection fortunes</a>.</p> <p>Based on our new research examining the impact of natural disasters on American presidential elections, we believe that Harvey’s effect will largely depend on the preexisting partisanship of the counties hit.</p> <p><strong>What the political science research has found<br/> </strong></p> <p>Several studies of how voters respond to natural disasters find that they punish incumbents at the ballot box. For example, <a href="http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2016/03/31/what-do-sharks-have-to-do-with-democracy-christopher-achen-larry-bartels-explain/">Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels</a>, who show that, after shark attacks off the New Jersey coast in 1916, voters in affected counties punished Woodrow Wilson more than voters in unaffected counties in that year’s presidential election. They also show that voters punish incumbent party candidates after droughts and floods in 26 presidential elections across the 20th century.</p> <p>While Achen and Bartels’s results about shark attacks <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/28/do-shark-attacks-swing-elections/?utm_term=.473e1357e1cf">have been questioned</a>, they do not stand alone. <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-analysis/article/disasters-and-elections-estimating-the-net-effect-of-damage-and-relief-in-historical-perspective/1E944D5BAC20A1D2F86E8419BF265C4F">In a recent article</a>, we show that voters in Southern counties affected by the great Mississippi Flood of 1927 punished Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover in the 1928 election. This is especially notable because Hoover — as a member of the Coolidge administration — was personally responsible for managing flood relief efforts, which were large-scale for that time.</p> <p>On the other hand, <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/myopic-voters-and-natural-disaster-policy/039708A3223EC114365ADF56F1D26423">other</a> <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2010.00503.x/abstract">scholars</a> have found that if incumbent politicians provide relief from the natural disaster, voters do not punish them. In fact, incumbents can even <em>benefit</em> electorally from the natural disaster. Any punishment comes only when incumbents fail to provide relief in the wake of a natural disaster.</p> <div class="inline-content inline-video"> <div class="posttv-video-embed powa" data-ad-bar="1" data-aspect-ratio="0.5625" data-blurb="1" data-live="0" data-object-id="59a4667ce4b0197db39a4e81" data-org="wapo" data-playthrough="1" data-uuid="1688565a-8c22-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953" data-youtube-id="Y4P-n49cjQ4"> <script async="" src="https://www.washingtonpost.com/player/prod/PoWaLoaderWapo.js?_=20180213"></script> </div> <div class="inline-video-caption"> <span class="pb-caption">Volunteers in Friendswood, Tex., have come together to transform Wedgewood Elementary School into a shelter for people displaced by Tropical Storm Harvey's flooding. (Zoeann Murphy,Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post)</span> </div> </div> <div class="flex-embed-dummy-script"><script charset="utf-8"></script></div> <p><strong>What our new research shows</strong></p> <p><a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/537e687fe4b0cabbb8f9d767/t/59932825bebafbcc72846c95/1502816294885/Heersink%2C+Peterson%2C+and+Jenkins+-+Natural+Disasters+and+Partisan+Retrospection.pdf">Our new research</a> argues that voters are not simply considering the scale of the disaster and incumbents’ response. Instead, they are judging the actions of elected officials based on their partisanship. As is true in so many domains, voters who identify with the president’s party will assess his performance after a natural disaster much more positively than those who identify with the opposite party.</p> <p>For example, consider Hurricane Sandy, which hit the northeastern United States days before the 2012 presidential election and was one of the deadliest hurricanes in recent history. President Obama’s handling of Sandy was praised at the time — including by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican.</p> <p>Despite this, Obama did not do notably better <em>or</em> worse in counties affected by Sandy. Sandy’s political impact only becomes clear when you take account of the partisanship of counties. Obama did better in safely Democratic counties that were hit by Sandy, compared to similar counties that were <em>not</em> affected by the hurricane. In contrast, Obama did noticeably worse in safely Republican counties.</p> <p>We found something similar when we examined a much larger set of natural disasters and relief efforts between 1972 and 2004. In disaster-affected counties that were safely in the incumbent party’s column, candidates of that party were rewarded in the wake of a natural disaster. In disaster-affected counties that were safely in the opposition party’s column, incumbent party candidates were punished severely — even if they provided relief efforts.</p> <p><strong>What does all of this mean for Trump?</strong></p> <p>Answering this last question entails many caveats, of course. Most obvious is that the next presidential election is still more than three years away — and we don’t know whether any effect of Hurricane Harvey on Trump will last. Moreover, our research examines the effect of natural disasters only in the counties that are directly affected. Poor relief operations could end up damaging Trump’s image elsewhere, as happened to George W. Bush after Hurricane Katrina.</p> <p>Still, our research helps to estimate any effect on Trump in the 2020 election. The actual size of that effect depends on a number of factors, including the ultimate track of the storm, the extent of damage it ultimately causes, and the Trump administration’s relief efforts.</p> <p>But examining the 16 coastal Texas counties between Corpus Christi and Houston indicates potential harm to Trump’s political support. Using a range of plausible assumptions about total storm damage, our models show that Trump would lose between 9,900 and 32,600 votes in these 16 counties combined. While most counties in Texas are Republican strongholds, the bulk of those lost votes come from Harris County, which includes Houston itself. Harris County went for Clinton by a comfortable margin in 2016.</p> <p>Texas’s status as a safe Republican state means that this effect is unlikely to swing it to a Democratic presidential candidate. However, to the extent that Harvey’s destruction remains concentrated in Democratic-leaning urban areas, Trump may face significant punishment in 2020.</p> <p><a href="http://www.borisheersink.com/"><em>Boris Heersink</em></a><em> is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at Fordham University. </em><a href="http://www.brentonpeterson.com/"><em>Brenton D. Peterson</em></a><em> is a PhD candidate in the Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics at the University of Virginia and a research affiliate at Strathmore University. </em><a href="http://faculty.virginia.edu/jajenkins/"><em>Jeffery A. Jenkins</em></a><em> is the Provost Professor of Public Policy, Political Science and Law; the Judith &amp; John Bedrosian Chair of Governance and the Public Enterprise; and director of the Bedrosian Center at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.</em></p> <div class="inline-content inline-gallery-embedded"> <link href="//www.washingtonpost.com/pb/gr/c/ssiSingle/r0DtBpwKo8Tvoq/css/d9cb19704f.css?_=f2022" rel="stylesheet"/> <link href="//www.washingtonpost.com/pb/gr/p/ssiSingle/r0DtBpwKo8Tvoq/style.css?_=512fa" rel="stylesheet"/> <script>window.pbDeferredSSISingle=window.pbDeferredSSISingle||new Array;</script> <div class="pb-container"> <div class="pb-feature-ssi-single pb-f-theme-normal pb-f-dehydrate-false pb-f-async-false pb-3 pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-gallery-gallery" data-chain-name="no-name" data-feature-id="gallery/gallery" data-feature-name="no-name" data-pb-feature-config="gallery/gallery" data-pb-fingerprint="0fh3taXsipu" 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wp-volt-gal-button-close">Close</div> </div> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-main"> <div class="wp-volt-gal-photos"> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="The sun sets on downtown Houston as flood waters still surround some neighborhoods." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20046.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="5939" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="a9e63a72-8df1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide-gal-title"></div> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Flood waters surround buildings in West Houston, Tex." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20041.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="4726" 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data-uuid="a9a7d35e-8df1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Flood waters surrounding homes in Northeast Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20025.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="4687" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="392092c4-8df1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Flood waters are seen surrounding houses and apartment complexes in West Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20030.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="5781" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="52fa462c-8df1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Cars and apartment buildings are surrounded by flood waters in West Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20069.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="4108" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="b140c17c-8def-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Flood water surrounds houses and apartment complexes in West Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20039.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="5462" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="8cc57002-8df1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Airplanes sit on the flooded runway of West Houston airport." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20071.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="4714" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="adb04618-8def-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="A jet ski drives along flooded streets of West Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20075.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="4160" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="b4cadfd0-8def-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="People watch as flood victims are rescued in West Houston." data-credit="Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Politics/Images/Botsford170830Hurricane20066.JPG?env=A" data-max-width="5423" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="94c9d416-8def-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="A man wades through floodwaters after checking on his home in northwestern Houston." data-credit="Rick Wilking/Reuters" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Enterprise/Images/2017-08-31T144922Z_1175717257_RC1D30A79E60_RTRMADP_3_STORM-HARVEY-2169.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3500" data-ratio="1.586" data-title="Aug. 31, 2017  " data-uuid="44b356c4-8e6b-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Evacuees sit on a boat after being rescued in Port Arthur." data-credit="Joe Raedle/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/Production/Daily/A-Section/Images/841006468-2014.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="accdcb58-8dcc-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="A man directs a rescue boat to people in need at an apartment complex in Houston." data-credit="Scott Olson/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/840983550.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="ad77e1a6-8dbd-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Mohamed Shakora, center, helps unload sand bags to help protect his uncle’s home in the flooded Concord Bridge neighborhood in northwest Houston." 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data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/Others/Images/2017-08-30/_MGL9992.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="5760" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="d32ca262-8d93-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="A woman looks out the window of the Golden Years Assisted Living in Orange, Tex., as rescuers wait for a high-water vehicle to rescue several people who are on the second floor." data-credit="Gerald Herbert/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_86167-408e0.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4380" data-ratio="1.557" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="e16df448-8da7-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="People wait for friends and family to be evacuated by boat in Houston." data-credit="Rick Wilking/Reuters" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/2017-08-30T163437Z_686901503_RC1A6D62CD80_RTRMADP_3_STORM-HARVEY.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3500" data-ratio="1.472" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="d753634c-8da9-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Danny Owens, left, takes pictures with his phone as he evacuates flood victims from a neighborhood near Buffalo Bayou in Houston." data-credit="Tannen Maury/European Pressphoto Agency-Agencia EFE" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/06172455.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4546" data-ratio="1.477" data-title=" Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="4479b144-8db7-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="The Martinez family evacuates from their apartment complex near the Energy Corridor of Houston, where high water from the Addicks Reservoir is flooding the area." data-credit="Erich Schlegel/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/840980904.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4253" data-ratio="1.492" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="c18be55c-8dbd-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="The sun sets over flooded roads and sidewalks just south of Interstate 10 in Houston." data-credit="Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/National-Enterprise/Images/HARVEY12.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="7058" data-ratio="1.498" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="fa3d506c-8de9-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Evacuees sit in the bleachers at the Bowers Civic Center in Port Arthur, Tex., after floodwaters flowed into the facility." data-credit="Beulah Johnson/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_72736-57d9a.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="1490" data-ratio="0.804" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="3e5b3472-8da8-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="People line up to buy groceries in the Channelview section of Harris County, Tex." data-credit="Win Mcnamee/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/840932928.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.537" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="9ecccacc-8da9-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Volunteers move bags of clothes at Lakewood Church in Houston where people gathered for food and clothing donations." data-credit="John Taggart/for The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/Others/Images/2017-08-30/_MGL0707.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="5760" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="2cf090ae-8dd2-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="true" data-caption="Volunteers sort clothing donations at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston." data-credit="John Taggart/John Taggart for The Washington Post" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/31/Others/Images/2017-08-30/_MGL0362.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="5760" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017 " data-uuid="fa553c44-8dd1-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Gillis Leho looks for documents in her car that was covered by floodwaters in Houston." data-credit="LM Otero/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_68624-2aaad.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="5760" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="ef6d217e-8db4-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Judy Mellon, left, is helped by her daughter, Beth Kendrick, as she sorts through items damaged by floodwaters in Houston." data-credit="David J. Phillip/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_07981-af9fc.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4707" data-ratio="1.516" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="0029ef5e-8da8-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Michael Saghian walks across the living room of his home damaged by floodwaters in Houston." data-credit="David J. Phillip/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_99438-21795.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3890" data-ratio="1.395" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="1f018b50-8dab-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Volunteer rescue workers help a woman from her flooded home in Port Arthur, Tex." data-credit="Joe Raedle/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/841006488.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="e1cb7416-8dce-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Residents push a mattress with their belongings on top through floodwaters in Houston." data-credit="Adrees Latif/Reuters" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/2017-08-30T204843Z_1266182162_RC18010AFA70_RTRMADP_3_STORM-HARVEY.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="2331" data-ratio="1.501" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="1edc6dd2-8dd0-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="A cat swims in floodwater while trying to find dry ground in Houston." data-credit="Scott Olson/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/840958482.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="3f7d6b56-8db5-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Shannon Danley carries a rabbit to a rescue boat after it was found floating in floodwater in Houston." data-credit="Scott Olson/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/840959086.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="a9082a16-8db5-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Evacuees ride on a truck after they were driven from their homes by flooding in Port Arthur." data-credit="Joe Raedle/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/841007112.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.539" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="add081d6-8dd0-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="People wait on a strip of dry land for rescue boats after being driven from their homes in Port Arthur." data-credit="Joe Raedle/Getty Images" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/841006492.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="3000" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="f891f594-8dce-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="A man sleeps on a bowling-ball return at Max Bowl, which was converted to a shelter for evacuees in Port Arthur, Tex." data-credit="Kim Brent/Beaumont Enterprise/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/30/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_11887-3426b.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="2000" data-ratio="1.503" data-title="Aug. 30, 2017" data-uuid="0217b2c0-8dd4-11e7-91d5-ab4e4bb76a3a"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Water from the Addicks Reservoir flows into neighborhoods of Houston." data-credit="David J. Phillip/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/29/National-Enterprise/Images/APTOPIX_Harvey_43913-dd259.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4594" data-ratio="1.607" data-title="Aug. 29, 2017 " data-uuid="7f3cc1d8-8ce8-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Robert Salgado, center, sleeps with relatives Jesse Alexander Leija, right, and Leliana Salgado on the floor at the George R. Brown Convention Center." data-credit="LM Otero/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/29/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_44802-9050e.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="4565" data-ratio="1.447" data-title="Aug. 29, 2017 " data-uuid="c70e5f38-8cb8-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Water is released from the Addicks Reservoir as floodwaters rise in Houston." data-credit="Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle/AP" data-image="https://www.washingtonpost.com/rw/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/08/29/National-Enterprise/Images/Harvey_03277-040c5.jpg?env=A" data-max-width="5472" data-ratio="1.5" data-title="Aug. 29, 2017 " data-uuid="73706742-8ce8-11e7-84c0-02cc069f2c37"> </div> <div class="wp-volt-gal-slide wp-volt-gal-photo" data-buy="false" data-caption="Larry Koser Jr., left, and his son Matthew look for important papers and heirlooms inside Larry Koser Sr.’s house after it was flooded by heavy rains in the Bear Creek neighborhood of Houston. 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