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Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas.According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
The hurricane center is currently tracking three tropical systems for signs they could develop into stronger storms. Activity in the Gulf of Mexico could increase because water temperatures are at ...
The National Hurricane Center is now tracking Potential Tropical Cyclone Six in the Gulf of Mexico, as millions of people along parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Louisiana are bracing for ...
This makes Harvey the wettest tropical cyclone on record for both Texas and the United States, [30] surpassing the previous rainfall record held by Tropical Storm Amelia. [31] The local National Weather Service office in Houston observed all-time record daily rainfall accumulations on both August 26 and 27, measured at 14.4 and 16.08 in (366 ...
September 7, 2024 at 12:23 PM. The National Hurricane Center on Saturday is tracking two tropical waves in the Atlantic Ocean including one in the Gulf of Mexico, which could bring storms to the U ...
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, [nb 1] inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area ...
Updated at 10:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, Sept. 8. 2024. A well-organized disturbance in the extreme southern Gulf of Mexico – officially tagged by the National Hurricane Center as Invest 91L – will ...
Hurricane Nicholas. Hurricane Nicholas was a slow-moving and erratic Category 1 hurricane that made landfall in the U.S. state of Texas in mid-September 2021. The fourteenth named storm and sixth hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Nicholas originated from a tropical wave that emerged off the west coast of Africa on August 28.