Photographs of Houston taken before and after the storm hit the city show how large swathes of the urban landscape were inundated

Before and after: images show how Hurricane Harvey swamped Houston

Before and after: images show how Hurricane Harvey swamped Houston

Hurricane Harvey has dumped record amounts of rain onto the Texas city of Houston, leaving at least eight dead and thousands stranded and prompting an unprecedented rescue effort.

As a result of the rains, swollen bayous and releases of water from reservoirs, large swaths of the fourth-largest city in the US is under water.

These images from before the flooding show a very different cityscape. Use the sliders to see the affect Harvey has had.





The overpass

With Houston downtown in the background

An overpass with Houston downtown in the background. Before image: Alamy After image: Reuters Before image: Alamy

After image: Reuters

View over Buffalo Bayou

Taken from high-rise in Memorial Heights

View over Buffalo Bayou from Memorial Heights Images courtesy of Aaron Cohan (Twitter / @aaroncohan)

Target

Outside a shopping centre in southeast Houston

Tidwell Road

Northeast Houston

Before image: AP After image: Google Earth Before image: Goole Earth

After image: AP

The overpass

With graffiti