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Coastal roadway flooding was reported across Galveston County, Texas, as Tropical Storm Beta edged closer to making landfall on September 21, according to local media reports.Video showed ...
Get the Galveston, TX local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... Flood threat lingers: As Debby advances across Atlantic Canada, high water persists in parts of Northeast ...
[26] [27] However, Bolivar Peninsula, at the entrance to Galveston Bay, was nearer to the eastern side of the eye. The morning high tide (on 2008-09-13), adding 2.3 ft (0.70 m), occurred at 4:14 am CDT at the Galveston Bay entrance. [28] The total eastern storm tide was then nearly 16 ft (4.9 m) by landfall at 2:10 am, with higher waves on top.
Crystal Beach and the entire Bolivar Peninsula suffered catastrophic damage from Hurricane Ike on the night of September 12–13, 2008. [3] The majority of the area was damaged by a storm surge of over 20 ft, during the high tide of 4:14 a.m., adding 1.5-2.3 ft more height to the storm tide, plus higher waves on top.
[15] [16] Along the coast, a waterspout spawned by Fay made landfall, and caused minor damage along the northern end of Galveston Island. [17] Storm surge along the Texas coast was 4.5 feet (1.1 m) above the normal high tide. [18] Peak rainfall throughout the area was in the range of 10-15 inches (250–380 mm). [18]
At least three people have been reported dead in Mexico after Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, officially made landfall Thursday morning.The storm is expected to bring ...
The second event was the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. At the end of the 19th century Galveston was, with New Orleans, one of the most developed cities in the region. The city had the third busiest port in the U.S. [ 13 ] and its financial district was known as the "Wall Street of the South".
A modest storm surge of 1.6–2.2 feet (0.67 m) was reported in areas including Port Lavaca, Galveston Bay, and San Luis Pass. Sustained winds of 36 mph (58 km/h), with stronger gusts of 59 mph (95 km/h), were reported at Corpus Christi International Airport , as well as 3.06 in (78 mm) of rainfall.