French magazine Charlie Hebdo sparked a firestorm of criticism with its latest cover, which declares “God Exists! He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas" amid catastrophic storm damage and deadly flooding from Hurricane Harvey.

The illustration shows half-submerged swastika flags and people drowning while giving the Nazi salute.

The blowback on Twitter was swift from American media representatives on both the right and left.

This Charlie Hebdo cover on the Houston disaster is, even by their standards, absolutely disgusting.https://t.co/iaIReTHlnV pic.twitter.com/BMHpXCqAnS — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) August 31, 2017

Remember when terrorists attacked Charlie Hebdo, and the Right grieved?

This is their thanks.

“God Exists” (referring to the Houston floods) pic.twitter.com/OuIAnjwSbM — /pol/ News Infinity (@polNewsInfinity) August 31, 2017

Was going to go off on Charlie Hebdo for that sick Texas cover.



But then I realized that's what they want. Fuck you. I'm not sharing it — Jason Howerton (@jason_howerton) August 31, 2017

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Charlie Hebdo has been targeted twice by terrorists in 2011 and 2015 for its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.

The 2015 attack killed 12 staffers, including several prominent cartoonists.

Its latest cover comes on the heels of a Wednesday Politico cartoon that depicted a Texas resident wearing a Confederate flag shirt and a ten-gallon hat being rescued from a flooded home while holding a sign that reads "secede."

The man characterizes first responders as "Angels! Sent by God."

"Er, actually Coast Guard... sent by the government," a rescuer then says.

The reaction to that cartoon also led to harsh criticism, particularly from the right.

You mocked Texans with an anti-Texan tone at a time when thousands are underwater. You’re despicable. https://t.co/ukofzxryWc — Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) August 30, 2017

If you want to know what .@politico thinks about the victims of #Harvey, here is the cartoon they just tweeted, then deleted. pic.twitter.com/9cr0Ne2Z06 — Buck Sexton (@BuckSexton) August 30, 2017

NOT SAD. STUPID Politico's Matt Wuerker Mocks Texas Hurricane Victims in Political Cartoon https://t.co/edFG6H1Std via @BreitbartNews — Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) August 30, 2017

*historic floods in Houston*



Politico: let's do 800+ words on Melania's stilettos and run a cartoon mocking Texans pic.twitter.com/j31tCLbLxP — Kate Scanlon (@kgscanlon) August 30, 2017

The Politico cartoon by the Washington, D.C.-based Matt Wuerker was deleted a few hours after being published online.

Wuerker won the Pulitzer prize Editorial Cartooning in 2012 and was nominated for the same award in 2009 and 2010.