Aerial Images, Before and After Harvey

Scale of damage to the Texas coastline where hurricane made landfall plainly visible

BA01 — A boat-storage facility near Ingleside, Texas, seen here in October 2016.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA02 — The same boat-storage facility near Ingleside, Texas, as seen in the previous image, photographed on Aug. 31, 2017, four days after Hurricane Harvey made landfall.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA03 — Satellite photo of a commercial area near Rockport, Texas, taken in October 2016.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA04 — Satellite photo of the same Rockport, Texas, commercial area, taken on August 31, 2017.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA05a — Photo of a commercial area around Corpus Christi, Texas, near Rockport and Ingleside, taken in October 2016.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA06 — Photo of the same commercial area near Corpus Christi, Texas, as seen in the previous image, taken Aug. 31, 2017.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA07 — Satellite photo showing a water-treatment plant north of Corpus Christi in the Rockport/Ingleside area in October 2016.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

BA08 — Satellite photo of the same water-treatment plant north of Corpus Christi, taken on Aug. 31, 2017.

*Photo Courtesy of Nearmap*

While the full damage from Hurricane Harvey on the Texas coast has yet to be tabulated, the immediate effects can be seen in these aerial images from Neapmap.

The company, which produces high-resolution aerial imagery for construction and engineering firms as well as governments and utilities, conducted a flyover of Rockport and Ingleside, Texas, north of Corpus Christi on Aug. 31, where Hurricane Harvey had made landfall only four days earlier.

A selection of images from that flyover are presented here in contrast with the same locations as seen in October 2016.

Pam Radtke Russell is a New Orleans-based journalist with more than a decade covering energy, environment and climate for ENR, Platts, CQ Roll Call in Washington D.C. and the Times-Picayune in New Orleans.

Jeff Rubenstone is Deputy Editor for News and Technology at the Engineering News-Record. As news director of ENR he oversees the publication's news coverage, and also covers emerging technologies and innovations in the construction space. With well over a decade of experience reporting on the industry, Jeff has a broad background in engineering and construction journalism. He is based in New York City.

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