Hurricane Harvey of 2017 is tied with 2005’s Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, inflicting $125 billion in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area. Harvey was the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. The resulting floods inundated hundreds of thousands of homes (approximately 336,000 people were left without electricity), more than 30,000 people were displaced, and more than 17,000 had to be rescued. Throughout the state, 103 people died in storm-related incidents: 68 from the its direct effects, including flooding, and 35 from indirect effects in the hurricane’s aftermath.
Jamie Lee Foundation reached out to help some of those impacted by this devastation by providing funds to Amegy Bank. Amegy was one of the many businesses who reached out to assist impacted employees and customers by providing supplies to those without out food or clothing and funds to those needing assistance with temporary housing and other expenses.
Amegy employees who had been forced to leave their homes received $160 per night for at least two weeks to pay for a hotel room. They were also eligible for grants from Amegy of up to $2,000, as well as separate grants from an employee fund that had raised $93,000 by Monday.
