Texas has called in the U.S. Air Force to
Hurricane Harvey unleashed 33 trillion gallons of water in the United States, most of which fell in Texas. Although much of the water flowed through sewage systems and natural runoff patterns into the Gulf of Mexico, a lot of the rainwater sat in still ponds, where it created fertile habitat for mosquitoes. This in turn raised swarms of mosquitoes that could add to the problems of those in recovery areas. There is also the problem of diseases such as Zika or West Nile, which Scientific American points out, while not carried by the majority of mosquitoes have become endemic to the Hurricane-affected area.
