Aerial Photos Show True Scale Of Flooding Catastrophe In Houston

Whole neighborhoods are underwater.
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Plenty of images of heroic rescues and flooded homes have emerged over the past few days, but nothing shows the scale of the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Harvey than a picture from the air.

An aerial view of flooded downtown Houston on Aug. 29, 2017.
An aerial view of flooded downtown Houston on Aug. 29, 2017.
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Photojournalist Marcus Yam of the Los Angeles Times captured images of a flooded downtown Houston and entire neighborhoods submerged in floodwaters.

See some of his aerial photos of Houston below.

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Submerged Houston neighborhoods near Interstate 10 in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017.
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Recreational vehicles lie on their sides in the floodwaters.
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People survey the flooded areas near their homes.
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Vehicles sit on a flooded portion of Interstate 10.
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People walk through flooded neighborhoods.
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A truck navigates through floodwaters in a residential neighborhood west of Houston.
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The water levels are high at the Addicks Reservoir.
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Portions of Interstate 10 are completely underwater.
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An aerial view of downtown Houston under dark clouds.

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