By Jason Samenow
The rain from Harvey is in a class of its own. The storm has unloaded at least 1.24m southeast of Houston, the greatest amount ever recorded from a tropical weather system in the lower 48 states. And it's still raining.
The National Hurricane Centre broke the news: "A preliminary report from one Texas rain gauge has broken the Texas tropical cyclone rainfall record. Southeast of Houston, Mary's Creek at Winding Road reported 49.32 inches [1.24m] as of 9am CDT. This total is higher than the previous record of 48 inches [1.21m] set during tropical cyclone Amelia of 1978 at Medina, Texas."
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The amount also represents the most from a tropical system in the 48 states.