The first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic cyclone season made landfall twice as a Category 1 storm on Saturday afternoon within the span of little over an hour.

The storm also flooded parts of southwestern Louisiana.

Many of those deaths confirmed happened when people were caught in quickly rising floodwaters or lost control on water-logged roads.

Along with the soaked carpet, walls and belongings, I saw another comforting similarity between Texas and my home in Alberta: neighbours helping one another.

A flood victim in Texas is speaking out after receiving help from the most unlikely of places during the most desperate of times after Harvey hit her community.

Firefighters in Houston are battling a blaze at a building still surrounded by Harvey's floodwaters on the city's west side.

A petrochemicals plant in Crosby, Texas, owned by Arkema SA , suffered explosions and fire this week due to power outages caused by Harvey's record rainfall.

The federal government and the governments of Ontario and Quebec are readying relief supplies, including baby formula and cribs, for victims of hurricane Harvey.

Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe released images showing what parts of Texas looked like before and after Harvey, showing the extent of the floods.

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency put in an official request on Friday for several supplies needed for children, such as pediatric hygiene kits, pediatric pillows and towels, baby formula, baby bottles and cribs.