After Harvey, Houston residents will deal with mosquitoes, polluted water, mold, and disease.

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By Amelia UrryAug 29, 2017, 4:42 pm163 pts
As floodwaters peak and recede over the coming weeks, there will be lots of standing water for disease-transmitting mosquitoes to breed and multiply, the Atlantic reports. West Nile virus has plagued Texans since 2002, and there were 22 cases of Zika in the state in 2017. Those numbers could increase sharply if…

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