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Hurricane Harvey could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history with a potential price tag of $190 billion, according to a preliminary estimate from private weather firm AccuWeather. Hurricane Harvey dumped 33 trillion gallons of water in the U.S. Its blistering winds destroyed buildings, boats and homes standing in its path. At least 33 people have been killed in eastern Texas since the storm hit. Parts of Texas have been hit by more than 51in of rainfall since Hurricane Harvey landed on 25 August, setting new rainfall records for the contiguous-US. Large areas of Houston, the fourth most populous city in the US, remain under water. More than 10,000 rescues have been made so far, with neighbors and strangers stepping in to help in unprecedented numbers. Almost 325,000 people have registered with Federal Emergency Management Agency for disaster assistance. No one knows how many people are in shelters, just that more are expected.

ZUMA Press moved over a million amazing images during the month of August from over 60 countries and scores of cities! This short movie, celebrates the best of the work of ZUMA photojournalists documenting the most important events of the past month, including the devastating flooding in Houston from Hurricane Harvey.

None of this is possible without the photographers, some of whom, risked there lives to bring this to you:

Abdul Hadi Firsawan, Alastair Cook, Andreas Arnold, Ashraf Amra, Ayman Ameen, Ben Birchall, Ben Cawthra, Ben Perry, Bernd Thissen, Bobylev Sergei, Brian Davies, Britta Pedersen, Bruno Fahy, Cao Zhengping, Casey Toth, Chris Pietsch, Christian Minelli, Curtis Means, Danilo Balducci, Danny Lawson, David Armengou, David Zdanowicz, Ding XuXinhua, Federico Gambarini, Fei MaohuaXinhua, Frank Rumpenhorst, Friso Gentsch, Gerald Willis, Go Nakamura, Hani Al-Ansi, Ian Forsyth, Ivan Damanik, James Gourley, Jane Barlow, Jay Shaw Baker, Jerry Jackson, Jerry Lara, Jesus Diges, Joe Giddens, Joel Kowsky, Joel Marklund, Julian Stratenschulte, Junaidi, Ken Mckay, Kenjiro Matsuo, Kenneth Morris, Kin Man Hui, KM Asad, Kristin Callahan, Li Ruihuar, Lu Hanxin, Lyu Guiming, Marcel Thomas, Martin Dalton, Matthias Oesterle

Michael Nigro, Muneeb Ul Islam, Nancy Kaszerman, Nevar Vitaly, Nicolas Routtier, Oliver Berg, Orlov Sergei,  Peng Huan, Pierre Teyssot, Purbu Zhaxi, Rahman Safi, Rhianna Gelhart, Robbie Stephenson, Robin Loznak, Ron Sachs, Sandra Mailer, Sandra Mailer, Scott Stuart, Serge Kobo, Sergei Fadeichev, Shadi Hatem, Song Qiong, Sunil Sharma, Thomas Warnack, Trudy Lampson, Ug Co. K, Ul Childs, Wang Zhongju, Wassilis Aswestopoulos, William Luther, Yin Bog, Zach D Roberts, Zach Gibson, Zachary West, Zhao Hanrong, Zhao Yuguo.

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Scott Mc Kiernan ceo/founder/chief staff photo-journalist of ZUMA Press, Inc.

Sarah Allen, a single mom, spends her days and nights caring for her son, Aidan. Born premature with a malformed brain, Aidan, now 3, has multiple health conditions. They include cerebral palsy, epilepsy, obstructive sleep apnea and cortical visual impairment. He also has enlarged ventricles, scarring on his brain and a mild form of microcephaly. Aidan is fed through a tube 22 hours a day. He can’t sit up by himself, and gets around with help from a wheelchair. He does not speak. He has been hospitalized 18 times, usually for seizures, infections or respiratory distress, Allen says. Her son is covered by Medicaid. Though the program has covered the frequent hospital and doctor visits, Allen is fighting Medicaid over the number of hours that it will pay to cover a nurse’s visits to the home to help with caregiving. But Allen, 31, has other worries. She’s facing the prospect of being homeless this fall. And not for the first time. Allen’s situation is not much different from that of other families with medically fragile children.

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