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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]
Tropical Storm Imelda was a tropical cyclone which was the fourth-wettest storm on record in the U.S. state of Texas, causing devastating and record-breaking floods in southeast Texas. The eleventh tropical cyclone and ninth named storm of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season , Imelda formed out of an upper-level low that developed in the Gulf of ...
The storm has been blamed for at least 11 deaths in the U.S. and nine in the Caribbean. At least three people were killed in metropolitan Houston, weather officials have said.
Hurricane Audrey, the most destructive Texas hurricane during the 1950s, was the first hurricane to impact Texas to have its name retired. While the 1960s only featured six tropical cyclones making landfall on Texas, Hurricane Carla and Hurricane Beulah made landfall as major hurricanes during the decade. Both hurricanes were subsequently retired.
Texas has a long history of hurricanes, with the earliest recorded hurricane making landfall here in 1851. Then, in 1900, the Great Galveston Hurricane devastated the Galveston Bay Area.
Tropical Storm Francine will likely become a hurricane overnight Monday or early Tuesday, according to hurricane center director Michael Brennan. Storm tracker: Track projected path of Tropical ...
In recent days, Beryl's wind field has increased, extending up to 185 miles from the center and bringing South Texas — from Brownsville to Corpus Christi — into the edge of the storm's impact.
Hurricane Dolly was a strong tropical cyclone that made landfall in Deep South Texas in July 2008. Dolly was the fourth tropical cyclone and second hurricane to form during the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Dolly developed on July 20 from an area of disturbed weather in association with a strong tropical wave. It was named at that time, as ...