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Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;</h1></div><div class="Article__Byline --span-12"> By <a href="/profile/emquiry" title="Posts by Esme Cribb" class="author url fn" rel="author">Esme Cribb</a> | August 27, 2017 12:35 pm</div><div class="Sharebar --span-12"><div class="Sharebar__Link --facebook"> <a onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-weather-service-harvey-unprecedented-impacts-unknown&amp;t=National Weather Service Warns Harvey Is &#8216;Unprecedented,&#8217; Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;', 'newwindow', 'width=530, height=450'); return false;"  target="blank"> <i class="fa fa-facebook-official" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span>share</span> </a></div><div class="Sharebar__Link --twitter"> <a onclick="window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?via=TPM&text=National Weather Service Warns Harvey Is &#8216;Unprecedented,&#8217; Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;&url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-weather-service-harvey-unprecedented-impacts-unknown', 'newwindow', 'width=530, height=450'); 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Braeswood in Houston, Texas, Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017. Rescuers answered hundreds of calls for help Sunday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey climbed high enough to begin filling second-story homes, and authorities urged stranded families to seek refuge on their rooftops. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)" srcset="https://dawm7kda6y2v0.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/AP_17239524122357-804x450-2ababb7.jpg 804w, https://dawm7kda6y2v0.cloudfront.net/uploads/2017/08/AP_17239524122357-804x450-2ababb7@2x.jpg 1608w" sizes="(max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px" /><div class="ArticleImage__Credit">Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle</div></figure><div class="Article__Content"><div id='article-content' class="js_article-content"><p>The National Weather Service on Sunday warned that Harvey &#8220;is unprecedented&#8221; and that its impacts &#8220;are unknown&#8221; and &#8220;beyond anything experienced.&#8221;</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This event is unprecedented &amp; all impacts are unknown &amp; beyond anything experienced. Follow orders from officials to ensure safety. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Harvey?src=hash">#Harvey</a> <a href="https://t.co/IjpWLey1h8">pic.twitter.com/IjpWLey1h8</a></p><p>&mdash; NWS (@NWS) <a href="https://twitter.com/NWS/status/901832717070983169">August 27, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><div class='code-block code-block-6' style='margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; clear: both;'><div style="margin-left:-38px;"></div></div><p>The National Weather Service issued the warning two days after Harvey <a href="http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/rescue-efforts-continue-houston-texas-hurricane-harvey">made landfall</a> Friday night, amid ongoing rescue attempts, severe flooding and damage from the hurricane.</p><p>Asked on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; about long-term recovery efforts for the storm, Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Brock Long said the agency will &#8220;be there for years.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;This disaster will be a landmark,&#8221; Long said. &#8220;We&#8217;re setting up and gearing up for the next couple of years.&#8221;</p><p>He said Harvey is &#8220;nothing like Katrina,&#8221; the 2005 hurricane that devastated New Orleans.</p><p>&#8220;This is a storm that the United States has not seen yet,&#8221; Long said. &#8220;It started with a category 4 with storm surge right off the coast, and now it&#8217;s bleeding into a multiple day inland, inland threat from torrential rainfall.&#8221;</p></div><div class="Article__Footer"><div class="Article__FooterFlex"> <script type=x-placeholder data-widget=Plugs data-layout=standard data-postId=1079241></script> <div class="comments"> <script type=x-placeholder data-widget=CommentsButton data-mode=bottom></script> </div></div><div class="sharebar-footer"><div class="Sharebar --span-12"><div class="Sharebar__Link --facebook"> <a onclick="window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-weather-service-harvey-unprecedented-impacts-unknown&amp;t=National Weather Service Warns Harvey Is &#8216;Unprecedented,&#8217; Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;', 'newwindow', 'width=530, height=450'); return false;"  target="blank"> <i class="fa fa-facebook-official" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span>share</span> </a></div><div class="Sharebar__Link --twitter"> <a onclick="window.open('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?via=TPM&text=National Weather Service Warns Harvey Is &#8216;Unprecedented,&#8217; Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;&url=https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-weather-service-harvey-unprecedented-impacts-unknown', 'newwindow', 'width=530, height=450'); return false;" target="blank"> <i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span>tweet</span> </a></div><div class="Sharebar__Link --email"> <a onclick="window.open('mailto:?subject=National Weather Service Warns Harvey Is &#8216;Unprecedented,&#8217; Impacts &#8216;Unknown&#8217;&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%20on%20TPM:%20https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-weather-service-harvey-unprecedented-impacts-unknown', 'newwindow', 'width=530, height=450'); return false;" target="blank"> <i class="fa fa-envelope-o" aria-hidden="true"></i> <span>email</span> </a></div><div class="--marker-bookmark-control"></div></div></div> <script type=x-placeholder data-widget="AdSlot" data-props="{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;article_flex&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[1,1],&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;article_flex&quot;,&quot;oop&quot;:false,&quot;targeting&quot;:[]}" ></script> <div class="Revcontent --span-12"><div class= "Feature__Revcontent --span-12"><div id="rcjsload_1a9f72"></div> <script type="text/javascript">(function() {
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