Hurricane Harvey flood event footprint August 2017

Following Hurricane Harvey (now a tropical storm), JBA has developed preliminary event footprint data and a short report describing the event to date and the modelling work carried out to develop the footprint.

The footprint covers flooding to date (only) and the area covered includes parts of Texas and Louisiana. Frequent updates will be issued to the data and report as the event unfolds over the coming days.

Map showing areas affected by flooding along the Texas Gulf Coast from Hurricane Harvey.

Update

Updated footprint data is now available for Hurricane Harvey - for a copy of the report, just email our event response team. Our team of global flood experts is always here to help with more specific queries too. Just get in touch.

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