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<p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/category/harvey-2017">Hurricane Harvey</a>, which has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, has dumped over 2 feet of rain on Houston, Texas, and two more feet are <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/tropical-storm-harvey-hurricane-updates-map-texas-where-landfall-damage-2017-8">expected</a>.</p>
<p>The forecast suggests Houston will get 50 inches of rain â as much as the city of 2.3 million people usually receives <a href="http://www.weather.gov/hgx/climate_iah_normals_summary">in an entire year</a>.</p>
<p>The deluge has turned the city's roads into rivers, covered in feet of water:</p>
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<p>Here's what Houston looked like before and after Hurricane Harvey:</p>
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<p><em>Source: <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/houston-police-chief-we-are-still-prepared-for-the-worst-1034102851933">MSNBC</a></em></p>

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