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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.
An extremely powerful tropical cyclone, Allen affected the Caribbean, eastern and northern Mexico, and South Texas in August 1980. The second tropical depression, first named storm, and first hurricane of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Allen was the sixth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record in terms of barometric pressure.
Hurricanes Earl, Frances, and Georges on September 8, 1980; the remnants of Tropical Storm Danielle are also visible over Texas. The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, [1] though the first tropical depression did not develop until July 17.
Here are the top 10 deadliest hurricanes to hit Texas from 1851 to 2010, according to data gathered by NOAA: Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (Category 4): Death toll between 8,000 and 12,000, named ...
Tropical Storm Danielle caused considerable flooding in the state of Texas during September 1980. The eighth tropical cyclone and fourth named storm of the 1980 Atlantic hurricane season, Danielle developed from a tropical wave that emerged into the Atlantic Ocean from the west coast of Africa on August 22. Three days later, the tropical wave ...
Year: 1980 Fatalities: 1,260. ... Texas. On Sept. 8, a Category 4 hurricane pounded Galveston with winds of more than 135 mph and storm surges up to 15 feet, destroying more than 3,600 buildings ...
Alicia was the first hurricane to strike the continental United States since Hurricane Allen moved ashore South Texas in August 1980, ending the longest break in contiguous U.S. hurricane landfalls of the 20th century. [1] [7] The hurricane was also the first major hurricane to impact the Greater Houston area since Hurricane Carla in 1961. [8]