ROCKPORT, Texas — One year ago, Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coastline.

The category 4 storm is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history, costing Americans more than $125 billion, only second behind Hurricane Katrina.

Harvey made landfall on San Jose island just north of Port Aransas, by less than a mile away, delivering peak winds in excess of 150 miles per hour. The impact area of the eyewall possesed sustained winds of 115 to 130 miles per hour according to the National Weather Service.

Many weather tracking instruments keeping watch over the storm were knocked out of service by strong winds. Researchers believe the highest gusts may not have been measured because of the disabled weather instruments.

The hurricane barreled in and out of Texas, making landfall three times. As Harvey retreated to the Gulf of Mexico the massive storm picked up more strength, arming itself to drop more than 60 inches of rain, along great portions of the Houston and Gulf Coast area.

Federal Emergency Management Agency statistics show 39,000 people were forced out of their homes because of destructive winds and flooding. Harvey left behind 204,000 houses damaged. 738,000 people registered for assistance with FEMA.

In all, 88 lives lost.

The 12-county coastal bend region felt the wrath of Harvey first, leaving a $4.5 billion price tag of damage for area residents to deal with.