Caribbean and Latin America Winds left residents throughout
Barbados without electricity, with a majority of outages occurring in
Christ Church,
Saint Joseph,
Saint Lucy, and
Saint Michael provinces. Flooding washed one house off its foundation, while water entered some houses, forcing some people to evacuate. Bridges in
Saint Andrew and Saint Joseph were damaged. Additionally, a fuel depot in
Speightstown was flooded. Winds from Harvey ripped the roof off a church. In
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, nine homes were flooded and four others experienced wind damage. Also, a tree fell on a school, damaging the building. Blocked drains in
Port Elizabeth resulted in more than 15 businesses being flooded. A total of 15 people were housed in shelters after the storm. Strong winds and heavy rainfall also affected
Suriname and
Guyana. In the former, high winds in the capital city of
Paramaribo caused roof damage to the
Presidential Palace and two homes, while the Torarica Hotel and Casino suffered structural impact. Additionally, four dwellings were deroofed in
Commewijne and three others lost their roofs in
Wanica; in the latter, the Ministry of Social Affairs building was damaged by falling trees. In Guyana, the village of Jawalla bore the brunt of the storm. Four homes were demolished, while five other residences and two shops were damaged. Several public buildings were also damaged, including the community center, the village council buildings, the nursery, and public schools. A 29-year-old woman died after her house collapsed on her. until it was surpassed in February 2021 by
a severe winter storm that
crippled the state's power grid, which was estimated to have cost at least $195 billion (2021 USD) in damages in Texas. Nationwide, 107 people died in storm-related incidents: 103 in Texas, 2 in Arkansas, 1 in Tennessee, and 1 in Kentucky. Of the deaths in Texas, 68 were from the direct effects of Harvey, the highest such number in the state since 1919. The
refinery industry capacity was reduced, and oil and gas production was affected in the Gulf of Mexico and inland Texas. On Monday, the closure of oil refineries ahead of Hurricane Harvey created a fuel shortage. Panicked motorists waited in long lines. Consequently, gas stations through the state were forced to close due to the rush. More than 20 percent of refining capacity was affected. More than 48,700 homes were affected by Harvey throughout the state, including over 1,000 that were completely destroyed and more than 17,000 that sustained major damage; approximately 32,000 sustained minor damage. Nearly 700 businesses were damaged as well. Yet the
Texas Department of Public Safety stated more than 185,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed. The hurricane also caused many people to believe that in the wild, only 10 individuals of
Attwater's prairie chicken remained at most until Spring 2018, when it was discovered that there were about a dozen wild individuals left.
Louisiana on August 30 Heavy rainfall extended eastward into Louisiana, with the state recording up to of precipitation near the town of
Iowa. In the city of
Lake Charles, flood waters reached in height in some areas, with homes inundated and hundreds of people forced to evacuate in one neighborhood alone. Throughout the state, about 500 people were rescued by August 28, while 269 people went to a shelter in southwest Louisiana, about 200 of whom were rescued from their homes. An EF2 tornado near
Evangeline damaged four homes, one of which was destroyed. The tornado also damaged fences, a motorcycle, a pickup truck, and toppled three electrical poles.
Elsewhere Rain-slicked roads were blamed for two fatal accidents in
Arkansas. In
Alabama, an unusually long-tracked EF2 tornado in the vicinity of
Reform and
Palmetto damaged two homes and destroyed a barn along
SR 17, while four people were hospitalized for their injuries. The same tornado also caused damage to trees and roofs in
Lamar County near
Kennedy and additional damage in
Fayette County, causing two more injuries. Another EF2 tornado in
Arab destroyed chicken houses and damaged homes and trees. In
Tennessee, more than 19,000 people lost electricity in
Memphis. Low-lying streets in the area were inundated with water. One indirect death occurred in Memphis due to a weather-related head-on collision of a car and a tractor trailer on
I-40. Heavy rainfall in
Nashville inundated a number of roads and flooded an apartment complex, resulting in the evacuation of 13 people. Overall, about 50 people in the city evacuated from flooded areas. An EF1 tornado also touched down in the northeastern side of the city, damaging trees, homes, carports, and power lines. An additional EF0 tornado on the southeastern side of the city damaged trees, a carport, a warehouse, and a garage, while also flipping an 18-wheeler. Rain in Kentucky was blamed for a fatal car accident. On September 1, the outer bands of Harvey's remnants passed through
North Carolina. Severe weather was reported across the central part of the state. High wind knocked out power in Fuquay-Varina, Sanford, and Holly Springs, and large hail hit parts of Wake, Harnett, and Johnston counties. In Willow Spring, hail larger than softballs damaged homes and cars.
Flash flooding hit Greenville further east. Tornadoes were also reported in Angier, Clayton, and Smithfield, but they were unconfirmed.
Energy production Energy production in the
Gulf of Mexico declined in the wake of Harvey by approximately 21% — the output dropped to 378,633 barrels per day from the original 1.75 million
barrels of oil produced each day. The
Eagle Ford Rock Formation (shale oil and gas) in southern Texas reduced production by 300,000 to 500,000 bpd, according to the
Texas Railroad Commission. Many energy-related ports and terminals closed, delaying about fourteen crude oil tankers. About 2.25 million bpd of refining capacity was offline for several days; that is about 12% of total US capacity, with refineries affected at Corpus Christi, and later
Port Arthur and
Beaumont, and
Lake Charles, Louisiana. The price of
Brent crude versus West Texas Intermediate crude oil achieved a split of
U.S. $5. Two
ExxonMobil refineries had to be shut down following related storm damage and releases of hazardous pollutants. Two oil storage tanks owned by Burlington Resources Oil and Gas collectively spilled 30,000 gallons of crude in
DeWitt County. An additional 8,500 gallons of wastewater was spilled in the incidents. On August 30, the CEO of
Arkema warned one of its chemical plants in
Crosby, Texas, could explode or be subject to intense fire due to the loss of "critical refrigeration" of materials. All workers at the facility and residents within were evacuated. Eight of the plant's nine refrigeration units failed without power, enabling the stored chemicals to decompose and become combustible. Two explosions occurred around 2:00 a.m. on August 31; 21 emergency personnel were briefly hospitalized. Due to the shutdown in refineries,
gas prices did see an increase nationwide. However, the increase was not as
extensive as Hurricane Katrina. Additionally, Harvey's impact coincided with
Labor Day Weekend, which sees a traditional increase in gas prices due to the heavy travel for that weekend. Nonetheless, the spike brought the highest gas prices in two years. The game was later canceled to allow the Houston Texans players to return to Houston after the storm. In addition, the
Houston Astros were forced to move their August 29–31 series with the
Texas Rangers from
Minute Maid Park in Houston to
Tropicana Field in
St. Petersburg, Florida; ironically, just two weeks later,
Hurricane Irma would force the stadium's regular tenants, the
Tampa Bay Rays, to move three home games to
Citi Field in New York City. In the aftermath, the
Houston Astros began to wear patches which had the logo of the team with the word "Strong" on the bottom of the patch, as well as promoting the hashtag
Houston Strong, prominently displaying them as the Astros won the
2017 World Series. Manager
A. J. Hinch has stated in an interview that the team wasn't just playing for a title, but to help boost moral support for the city. The annual
Texas Kickoff game that was to feature
BYU and
LSU to kick off the
2017 college football season was moved to the
Mercedes-Benz Superdome in
New Orleans. The NCAA FBS football game between
Houston and
UTSA was postponed due to the aftermath of the storm. It was originally scheduled for September 2 at the
Alamodome in San Antonio and was ultimately canceled. The
Houston Dynamo rescheduled a planned
Major League Soccer match against
Sporting Kansas City on August 26 to October 11. The
Houston Dash of the
National Women's Soccer League rescheduled their August 27 match against the
North Carolina Courage to a later date. Both teams moved their training camps to
Toyota Stadium in
Frisco, Texas (near Dallas) while preparing for their next matches; the Dash's match the following week, against the
Seattle Reign, was played in Frisco, with all proceeds from ticket sales benefiting an
American Red Cross relief fund for hurricane victims. The Dynamo and Major League Soccer also donated a combined $1 million into the hurricane relief fund, while also opening
BBVA Compass Stadium to accept donated supplies for processing and distribution. Athletic events were rescheduled as far away as
Kentucky, where the storm's remnants were expected to cause heavy rains on September 1, interfering with Friday night
high school football. More than 50 high schools in the state moved games that had been scheduled for Friday to either Thursday or Saturday. == Aftermath ==