Hurricane Harvey Aerials. Oil is visible in grass lands around an ExxonMobile refinery more than a week after Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas area. The human impacts of Hurricane Harvey have been staggering, and the greatest concern is for the people struggling in its aftermath. This disaster makes clear once again that coastal Texas and the wider Gulf region are on the frontlines of sea level rise and extreme weather heightened by climate change, as well as the toxic impacts from fossil fuel infrastructure.