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One Year Since Hurricane Harvey, How Is Houston Recovering?

In this Aug. 9, 2018 photo, Keith Downey pauses as he talks about the flooding Hurricane Harvey caused as he stands near Hunting Bayou in Houston. Before Hurricane Harvey, "there was a great need here in the community, voids to be filled. So now you are going to put a hurricane on top of this?" said Downey, president of the Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood, a local community group. (David J. Phillip/AP)

With Meghna Chakrabarti

One year after Hurricane Harvey killed 68 people and caused $125 billion dollars in damage, the nightmare isn’t over in Houston. We’ll touch down.

Guests

Rev. James Caldwell, founder and director of Coalition for Community Organizations. Community activist in Houston’s Fifth Ward and Kashmere Garden neighborhoods.

, reporter for Houston Public Media. ()

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