David Hanak You probably registered the natural disaster that has decimated the American Texas in recent days. Hurricane Harvey hit the coast with tremendous force and devastated everything in its path. A huge number of people are contributing to help the affected residents. From individuals who send funds through the Red Cross and similar organizations, to large companies who contribute on a larger scale - such as is made by Apple. As it now turns out, Apple is not only contributing financially. Many victims on the site describe how Apple replaced their products that were somehow damaged by the hurricane.
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According to information from the Internet, Apple should provide free repairs or even device replacements. According to the first information, these practices do not work everywhere, this is allegedly happening in a lot of branded stores in the affected locations.
Apple should repair/replace devices that have been water damaged or damaged in any way during evacuations. These are therefore types of damage that would not usually be covered by a classic warranty.
Foreign media tried to get some official opinion, but according to available information, there is no globally valid regulation. These repairs/replacements are therefore rather out of the goodwill of individual stores and each case is assessed separately. However, it can be assumed that the instruction to this step came from above.
According to current estimates, Hurricane Harvey was significantly more destructive than Hurricane Katrina, which hit New Orleans in 2005. Current damage estimates range from $150 to $180 billion. There are currently 43 known victims. More than 43 thousand inhabitants had to be evacuated. Many parts of the affected areas are still plagued by massive flooding.
