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Hurricane Celia was the costliest tropical cyclone in Texas history until Hurricane Alicia in 1983. The third named storm , second hurricane, and first major hurricane of the 1970 Atlantic hurricane season , Celia developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on July 31.
Satellite image of Hurricane Celia. August 3, 1970 – Hurricane Celia of 1970 made landfall as a category 4 in Texas near Port Aransas. Celia killed 20 due to extreme gusts, and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. The storm produced microbursts, which are rare in a tropical cyclone. The windbursts caused heavy damage across the city.
Hurricane Celia was the second-earliest forming Category 5 hurricane in the Eastern Pacific on record, after 1973's Hurricane Ava.The fourth tropical cyclone, third named storm, first hurricane, and first major hurricane of the very inactive 2010 Pacific hurricane season, Celia formed from a tropical wave about 370 mi (595 km) southeast of Acapulco, Mexico on June 18, Celia quickly organized ...
Hurricane Celia (1970, Category 3): $930 million Hurricane strikes on the continental U.S. coastline between 1950 and 2021. Track the latest hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean
Celia, Katrina and Harvey — these names are well known for people along the Gulf Coast. Before 1953, tropical storms and hurricanes were tracked by year and the order in which they occurred ...
Hurricane Betsy was the first hurricane to have damages exceeding US$1 billion. In 1960, four rotating lists of names were developed to avoid creating new lists each year, while the practice of retiring any particularly damaging storm names for 10 years continued, with 11 names deemed significant enough to be retired during the decade.
3. Beryl is the third earliest Atlantic major hurricane on record. While Beryl is the earliest Category 5 hurricane on record, it was almost the earliest major hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic.
The most significant storm of the season was Hurricane Celia, a Category 4 hurricane that slammed South Texas in early August. Celia resulted in about $930 million in damage and was the costliest hurricane in Texas until Alicia in 1983. There were 28 fatalities, with four in Cuba, eight in Florida, and sixteen in Texas.