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Over four days, Harvey dropped large amounts of rainfall, peaking at 60.58 inches (1,539 mm) in Nederland, Texas, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in the United States. [ 1 ] The highest gust from Harvey was recorded at 140 mph (230 km/h) in Rockport, Texas, where every single building was damaged by the storm.
Flooding in Port Arthur from Hurricane Harvey. From 1980 to the present, 81 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. state of Texas.According to David Roth of the Weather Prediction Center, a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about three times every four years, and on any 50 mi (80 km) segment of the coastline a hurricane makes landfall about once every six years.
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating tropical cyclone that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths. It is tied with 2005's Hurricane Katrina as the costliest tropical cyclone on record, [nb 1] inflicting $125 billion (2017 USD) in damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding in the Houston metropolitan area ...
At least 224 people rescued in Texas as rivers flood to Hurricane Harvey levels, with more rain forecasted. Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist and Joe Sutton, CNN. May 5, 2024 at 12:24 AM.
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Damage is reported as far north as Port Aransas. [1] Tides rise to 4 feet (1,200 mm) at Padre Island. Sections of highway on North Padre Island are washed away. [1] June 25, 1954 – The first Hurricane Alice of 1954 makes landfall south of Brownsville as a hurricane. [2] Damage on the coast close to where Alice made landfall remained minimal. [2]
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 ...