How to Track the Ongoing Fallout From Harvey

The fallout from the rainiest storm in

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(at least) Texas history continues. No one has ever seen a storm dump this much water over so wide an area. Or as the National Weather Center’s prediction team put it, “The breadth and intensity of this rainfall are beyond anything experienced before.” As the situation on the ground continues to evolve, we’ve compiled a short list of significant resources, and helpful stories, to stay abreast of what’s happening. It will be updated.

We’ve gathered up the Twitter folks mentioned by name here (and several others) into this list.

Weather

The driving force for the event is, of course, the storm. As in many cases, the National Weather Service’s various feeds are essential. The NWS websites are a bit inscrutable, so the Twitter feeds are a good way to access their updates:

• The Houston regional office, which provides a constant stream of local updates
• The Weather Prediction Center, which provides more regional and topical summaries

Two meteorologists have started up their own site, Space City Weather, for “hype-free forecasts.” They provide very in-depth analysis. For example, they have done an excellent job providing historical perspective on the storms that have flooded 

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/how-to-track-the-ongoing-fallout-from-harvey/538269/