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[nb 1] The first storm to impact the state during the period is Hurricane Allen in August 1980, with the most recent being Hurricane Beryl in July 2024. [1] [2] During the 1980s, multiple tropical cyclones affected the state, of which six made landfall as hurricanes; two made landfall in the state as major hurricanes.
Fairfield Lake State Park is a closed state park located in Freestone County, Texas, United States, northeast of Fairfield on the shores of Fairfield Lake, the subject of a contentious battle between the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) (which leased and operated the park until June 2023) and a private developer (who purchased the land from the prior owner).
Hurricanes in the eastern north Pacific often supply moisture to the Southwestern United States and parts of Mexico. [22] Japan receives over half of its rainfall from typhoons. [ 23 ] Hurricane Camille (1969) averted drought conditions and ended water deficits along much of its path, [ 24 ] though it also killed 259 people and caused $9.14 ...
The Palmetto State, data shows, has never been hit with a Category 5 hurricane. No. 4: North Carolina Just north in the Tar Heel State, North Carolina saw 58 hurricanes (seven being a Category 3 ...
The destruction from early 21st century Atlantic Ocean hurricanes, such as Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, and Sandy, caused a substantial upsurge in interest in the subject of climate change and hurricanes by news media and the wider public, and concerns that global climatic change may have played a significant role in those events. In 2005 and ...
In 2004, four hurricanes slammed the state in just six weeks between August and September. Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne killed more than 100 people and caused some $50 billion in combined ...
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.
House in Kemah, TX, that was struck by Hurricane Ike in 2008. Kemah, Texas, about 35 miles (56 km) south of Houston, was without power and water, and still had 5 feet of flooding on Saturday, September 13, 2008. [4] State Highway 146 was closed at the 2094 intersection. There was a lot of debris on the roads, [56] completely covering some lanes.