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The NOAA estimates a $125 billion damage toll for Harvey, making it the second costliest hurricane in U.S. history when adjusting for inflation and the costliest hurricane in Texas history. [154] [160] September 17–19, 2019 – Tropical Storm Imelda makes landfall near Freeport, Texas with winds of 40 mph (64 km/h). [161]
1900–1949. 1950–1979. 1980–present. See also. References. List of Texas hurricanes. The state of Texas has had many hurricanes affect it. It is the US state with the second-most hurricanes affecting it, only behind Florida. [1] Storms affecting it go back to 1527.
Starting in 1955, hurricanes that caused substantial damage to any country could have their name retired from the list of names for the Atlantic basin. 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 ...
The List of Texas hurricanes from 1900 to 1949 encompasses 47 tropical cyclones that affected the U.S. state of Texas. The season with the most storms to affect the state was the 1933 Atlantic hurricane season, when five storms affected Texas. Major storms during this period include the 1900 and 1915 Galveston hurricanes, the former which ...
Here are the top 10 deadliest hurricanes to hit Texas from 1851 to 2010, ... (Category 4): Death toll between 8,000 and 12,000, named the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history. Hurricane Audrey ...
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [ 1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [ 2][ 3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [ 4] The strongest storm of the 1900 Atlantic hurricane season, it left between 6,000 and 12,000 ...
1890–1899. The first storm of 1891 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall near Galveston, Texas. [ 18] The second storm of the 1895 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall in the southernmost part of Texas. [ 19] The second storm of 1897 Atlantic hurricane season had effects on parts of Texas. [ 20]
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. Initially, the depression tracked north-northwestward without ...