With winds topping 130 mph and downpours reaching four inches per hour, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Texas' Gulf Coast on Friday night. Since then, it has killed at least 31 people, damaged or destroyed approximately 20,000 homes, and displaced tens of thousands.
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Aerial footage of Houston captures the catastrophic scale of Hurricane Harvey
A photographer flew a drone over Houston, Texas, which Hurricane Harvey has submerged in flood water.
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It's set to be one of the worst natural disasters in US history, and it's not even over. Harvey just made second landfall in Louisiana, and several counties in the Houston and New Orleans area are under flash flood watch until Thursday evening.
Marco Luzuriaga, a photographer based in Houston, captured the ongoing devastation in the city with a drone.
Flooding from Harvey - Brays Bayou - Houston Texas August 27 2017
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Several other people have posted drone footage of the affected areas, including Gizmodo did an extensive roundup of these videos if you'd like to check out more.
If you'd like to help those affected, there are lots of food banks and charities, both local and large-scale, raising money for Harvey relief. Before giving, it's a good idea to research the reliability of these organizations.
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