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===21st Century=== On August 25, 2017, [[Hurricane Harvey]] ''(name now retired)''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noaa.gov/media-release/harvey-irma-maria-and-nate-retired-by-world-meteorological-organization|last=Feltgen|first=Dennis|date=April 12, 2018|title=Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate retired by the World Meteorological Organization|work=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref> made landfall near the city as a [[category 4 hurricane|Category 4 storm]] on the [[Saffir–Simpson scale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive/2017/al09/al092017.public.023.shtml?|last=Beven|first=John L.|date=August 25, 2017|title=Bulletin Hurricane Harvey Advisory Number 23|work=[[National Hurricane Center]]|access-date=August 26, 2017}}</ref> Harvey caused one death and catastrophic damage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/us/hurricane-harvey/index.html|last1=Chavez|first1=Nicole|last2=Levenson|first2=Eric|last3=Almasy|first3=Steve|date=August 25, 2017|title=Powerful Hurricane Harvey makes landfall in Texas|work=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910094837/https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/25/us/hurricane-harvey/index.html |archive-date=September 10, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> One person died in a house fire in the city, unable to be rescued due to the extreme weather conditions,<ref name="debris">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hurricane-harvey/hurricane-harvey-least-1-dead-after-storm-hits-texas-causing-n796316|last1=McCausland |first1=Phil |last2=Arkin |first2=Daniel|date=August 27, 2017|title=Hurricane Harvey: At Least 2 Dead After Storm Hits Texas Coast|work=[[NBC News]]|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref> entire blocks were destroyed by the hurricane's violent eyewall winds, the city's courthouse was severely damaged when a [[cargo trailer]] was hurled into it, coming to a stop halfway through the structure, the gymnasium of the [[Rockport-Fulton High School]] lost multiple walls while the school itself suffered considerable damage,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.golfchannel.com/news/after-storm-recovery-ground-zero-after-hurricane-harvey|last=Lavner |first=Ryan|date=March 27, 2018|title=Harvey's Ground Zero: Search Continues for Missing Along Texas Coast|work=[[Golf Channel on NBC|NBC Golf Channel]]|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref> many homes, apartment buildings, and businesses sustained major structural damage from the intense winds, and several were completely destroyed. Numerous boats were damaged or sunk at a marina in town, airplanes and structures were destroyed at the [[Aransas County Airport]], and the [[Fairfield Inn by Marriott|Fairfield Inn]] was severely damaged as well,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-corpus-christi-impacts |last=Breslin|first=Sean |date=August 26, 2017|title=Hurricane Harvey Damages Buildings in Rockport; At Least 10 Injured|work=[[The Weather Channel]]|access-date=June 27, 2019}}</ref> About 20 percent of Rockport's population was displaced, as they were still unable to return to their homes a year after the hurricane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/24/hurricane-harvey-year-later-rockport-cant-find-housing-evacuees/|last=Walters |first=Edgar|date=August 24, 2018|title=No place back home: A year after Harvey, Rockport can't house all its displaced residents|work=[[The Texas Tribune]]|access-date=April 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430134001/https://www.texastribune.org/2018/08/24/hurricane-harvey-year-later-rockport-cant-find-housing-evacuees/ |archive-date=April 30, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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