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Maps show what Harvey's impact would look like in other U.S. states

A view of Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station (ISS).
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A view of Hurricane Harvey from the International Space Station (ISS).
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Maps show what Harvey's impact would look like in other U.S. states

Harvey's impact on Houston and Southeast Texas will be felt for years to come — but what would the weather system look like in other regions of the country?

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All told, the worst of Harvey's weekend rainfall footprint covers nearly a quarter of the Lone Star State (1.5 inches and up).
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A mySA.com analysis shows Harvey would engulf half of Florida and most of Colorado. But had Harvey dumped 51.88 inches of rain on the Grand Canyon instead of Houston, it wouldn't come close to filling it up.

Arizona, the Grand Canyon *The Grand Canyon holds an estimated 1-2 quadrillion gallons of water, so the 15 trillion gallons from Harvey would hardly fill it up. There are 1,000 trillion in a quadrillion.  Using images of Harvey's weekend rainfall totals provided by the National Weather Service to show the storm's Texas footprint and online mapping tool MAPfrappe, we imagined what Harvey's footprint would look like in other areas of the United States.
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Harvey made landfall late Friday night as a Category 4 hurricane along Texas' Gulf Coast. Debris and torn down homes and businesses remain in Rockport, and areas in Port Aransas and Corpus Christi. Harvey continued to move North toward Houston over the weekend.

Southern California (storm footprint has been turned to provide a better visual representation)
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Thousands have been forced from their homes due to severe flooding.

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Colorado
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Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York City
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Florida (storm footprint has been turned to provide a better visual representation)
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Trapped residents have used social media to reach out to emergency personnel, who have asked those stuck to put towels on rooftops to signal they need help.

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Hawaii (storm footprint has been turned to provide a better visual representation)
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Michigan
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San Antonio has taken in hundreds of evacuees from the state's Coastal Bend, and President Donald Trump visited the area Tuesday. He said the weather system was one "nobody has seen."

Northern California (storm footprint has been turned to provide a better visual representation)
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Washington D.C., Delaware, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia (storm footprint has been turned slightly to provide a better visual representation)
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South Carolina
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Maine, New Hampshire and parts of Vermont
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The president said he hoped citizens would look back at how government officials handled Harvey five or 10 years from now and say, "This is the way to do it."

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Washington State, Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria Canada (storm footprint has been turned to provide a better visual representation)
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