French magazine Charlie Hebdo: Harvey drowned neo-Nazis in Texas

FILE- Thursday, satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo drew strong condemnation for an illustrated cover that portrayed Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas as Nazis and racists. See how Twitter users reacted. FILE- Thursday, satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo drew strong condemnation for an illustrated cover that portrayed Hurricane Harvey victims in Texas as Nazis and racists. See how Twitter users reacted. Image 1 of / 21 Caption Close French magazine Charlie Hebdo: Harvey drowned neo-Nazis in Texas 1 / 21 Back to Gallery

The French satire magazine Charlie Hebdo, best known in Texas for a terror-attack tragedy on its offices, is taking a slap at Texas' catastrophic and deadly devastation from Hurricane Harvey.

The cover trumpets: "God Exists! He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas."

The cover features an illustration of half-submerged swastika flags and arms giving the Nazi salute.

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The ongoing Texas tragedy has claimed at least 37 lives, displaced more than 30,000 people with damages estimated to run upwards of $150 billion. Flooding is continuing in the Houston area and in East Texas.

The cover, first reported Thursday morning, quickly brought angry responses on social media.

"Absolutely disgusting," twetted British media personality Piers Morgan.

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France's Charlie Hebdo mocking Houston flood victims as Nazis. Remember when we mocked their dead? Me neither," tweeted Bearzus.

"An evil, despicable cover. Also, the losers at Charlie Hebdo have a God-given right to publish it, & no one has the right to shoot them," tweeted Tiana Lowe.

From the conservative commentator Debbie Schlussel: "So the idiots at Charlie Hebdo are cheering the #Houston #Harvey disaster b/c they claim it drowned neo-Nazis. WTF?!"

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"Hey Charlie Hebdo F— You Scumbag! Those were all God Loving Americans that Grandfathers saved FRANCE from NAZI's," tweeted user @USMC_Michaels.

In January 2015, two gunmen forced their way into Charlie Hebdo's Paris offices with assault rifles and other weapons, and fatally shot 12 people and injured 11 others in what was ruled a terrorist attack.

"Je suis Charlie (We are Charlie) became a common slogan against terrorists' attacks at subsequent rallies and on social media.

No immediate response on Thursday from Texas officials.