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Hurricane Harvey: Survivors unable to return back to pre-storm conditions as relief aide skips over area!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – It’s a memory not many want to remember. Five years ago, Hurricane Harvey devastated communities across southeastern Texas, many of whom are still recovering. In many neighborhoods of Northeast Houston, some residents say they have had to rebuild themselves and feel this is caused by racial inequality in the distribution of disaster relief. James Burford, who lives in Trinity Gardens, doesn’t know when he’ll be able to get home again. He has always been able to recover, and make repairs to his house after each disastrous…

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Hurricane Harvey, 5 years later: Eyewitness News revisits Baytown residents rescued live on ABC13!

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Betown, Texas (KTRK) – With knee-high water leaking into their Baytown home, Clarence and Emma Foster are no longer safe indoors and are forced to seek shelter on the back porch. For Clarence, looking back to that day five years ago in the midst of the widespread devastation of Hurricane Harvey, seeing the neighborhood around is so covered in water that he didn’t even notice an eyewitness news crew on board the boat that rescued him. “So you knew a boat was coming, but you didn’t know the TV guys…

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Hurricane Harvey 5 years later: Fort Bend County officials give out storm supplies in drive-thru distribution event!

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Sugarland, Texas (KTRK) – As we look back, now five years since Hurricane Harvey hit, local organizations are helping people prepare for this Saturday’s storm season. Fort Bend County officials distribute emergency supplies and materials that will be needed 72 hours after the disaster. Supplies will be distributed to the first 500 families including bottled water, first aid kits, water protection for documents, emergency signal glow sticks, and more. Over the course of the week, Eyewitness News profiled different areas around Houston to talk to people about how the storm…

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Hurricane Harvey 5 years later: Kingwood residents look back on the anniversary of devastating tropical storm!

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Houston, Texas (KTRK) – It’s been five years since Hurricane Harvey made landfall, and many Kingwood residents are still recovering. The area alone saw about 40 inches of rain in 2017 when the storm hit and was hit with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Imelda two years later. “I don’t think people who are untouched can understand the grief and impact of chaos,” said Kingwood resident Nancy Ackley. Another Kingwood resident, Siberina Sanders, described, “I mean, totally devastated. Gone are the culture and the memories. They can’t be recovered.” “It’s…

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