"Government" in the USA doesn't listen to the scientists anymore. It listens to money. That has never been more of an inconvenient truth than in Texas today.

Texas is going to lose coastal land with Harvey. It is called erosion. There is wind driven rain for a sustained period of time and it will cause significant damage. The winds may not be a category 4 anymore, but, CONTINUOUS wind and rain are very damaging. It is unfortunate no government paid attention the way it should.

This is the damage of storms that blow through. Cat 1 SUSTAINED winds ACCUMULATE damage to infrastructure. Add flooding to this picture and the extent of the damage becomes as if there was a Cat 5 storm.