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The names of all the major hurricanes that impacted Texas during the 1980s were later retired by the World Meteorological Organization. [4] In contrast to the 1980s, during the 1990s only one hurricane, Hurricane Bret, made landfall on the Texas coast. [5] In the next decade five hurricanes would make landfall on Texas. [1]
The U.S. state of Texas has had many hurricanes affect it. It is the U.S. state with the second-most hurricanes affecting it, only behind Florida . [ 1 ] Storms affecting it go back to 1527.
Padre Island, just off the Texas gulf coast, suffered significant devastation, and the island's sensitive ecosystem was altered by the storm. Within a 36-hour period it dropped almost 30 inches of rain in Beeville, Texas. Hurricane Beulah caused an estimated $1.1 billion (in 2000 dollars) in damage. Sources report 58–59 deaths from the storm ...
The 1935 Labor Day hurricane was the most intense hurricane to make landfall on the country, having struck the Florida Keys with a pressure of 892 mbar.It was one of only seven hurricanes to move ashore as a Category 5 hurricane on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale; the others were "Okeechobee" in 1928, Karen in 1962, Camille in 1969, Andrew in 1992, Michael in 2018, and Yutu in 2018, which ...
1945 Texas hurricane; 1949 Texas hurricane; 1987 Gulf Coast tropical storm; A. ... This page was last edited on 30 March 2013, at 03:57 (UTC).
70 (110) 990 U.S. Gulf Coast, Lower Mississippi region Minimal None Unnamed September 19–23 Tropical storm 45 (75) 1011 None None None Fourteen September 22–25 Tropical depression 30 (45) Unknown None None None Unnamed: September 30 – October 20 Category 1 hurricane 85 (140) 989 Lesser Antilles, Greater Antilles, Azores: $65.5 million 22 [6]
Hurricane season extends from June 1 to Nov. 30. This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: NHC tracks 3 new tropical systems, including near Gulf of Mexico Show comments
The hurricane increased surf along the Texas coast, with wave heights of 7 ft (2.1 m) observed. [8] As a result, small craft were recommended to remain at port. [9] Ultimately there was no reported storm surge in Texas, although the waves crested high along the beaches. [10] Precipitation was light in Texas, peaking at 0.88 in (22 mm) at ...