Images of Hurricane Harvey's wrath are beginning to surface after the storm hit Texas over the weekend, bringing torrential rains, deadly flooding, and catastrophic damage to some southeastern areas of the state.
Reuters called it the "most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years," and it's now responsible for five deaths.
Here are 10 images of Hurricane Harvey's destruction:
These pensioners pictured trapped in waist-high waters have been rescued from their Texas nursing home. (Screengrab of Twitter post/@SkyNews)
Lisa Rehr holds her 4-year old son Maximus after they lost their home to Hurricane Harvey, as they await to be evacuated with their belongings from Rockport, Texas, U.S. August 26, 2017. (Adrees Latif/Reuters)
People walk through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd. in Houston on August 27, 2017 as the U.S.'s fourth-largest city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods. (Thomas B. Shea/AFP/Getty Images)
Naomi Coto carries Simba on her shoulders as they evacuate their home after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey. (Richard Carson/Reuters)
People use an air mattress to float down a flooded street as they evacuate their homes after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Evacuees wade down a flooded section of Interstate 610 as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car by Harris County Sheriff's Department Richard Wagner along Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Residents from the Meyerland area are loaded onto a truck on an I-610 overpass during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)
Residents are rescued from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Sunday in Houston, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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