Who is Hurricane Harvey?

Hurricane Harvey was not a person, but a giant, spinning storm system that caused a lot of rain.

Think of the sky as a big ceiling fan. Usually, the fan spins fast and pushes air around. But sometimes, a storm is like a fan that stops spinning and just dumps a bucket of water on you. That is what Harvey did. He was a tropical storm that moved very slowly over Texas. Because he moved so slowly, the clouds acted like a leaky faucet left running for days. This caused massive flooding because the ground could not soak up the water fast enough.

Imagine you are holding a glass of juice. If you tilt it quickly, the juice stays inside. But if you hold it still for a long time, the juice spills over the edge. Harvey was like holding that glass still for too long. The rain fell in one place for days, turning streets into rivers.

Harvey is famous for breaking rainfall records.

The storm did not just bring rain. It also brought strong winds that knocked down trees like they were made of cardboard. When Harvey finally left, the water took a long time to drain away. So, "Who is Harvey?" He is the name we give to a very wet, very slow, and very strong storm that taught us how powerful nature can be.