Tracking Harvey: Before-and-after images show the catastrophic flooding in Houston

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Tropical storm Harvey has dumped over 2 feet of rain on Houston, Texas, and 2 more feet are expected.

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The forecast suggests Houston will get 50 inches of rain - as much as the city of 2.3 million usually receives in an entire year.

The deluge has turned the city's roads into rivers, covered in feet of water:

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Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas on August 27, 2017.

Here's what Houston looked like before and after Hurricane Harvey:

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