![]() ![]() Rain measured as much as 20″ to 35″ between June 5 and 9. Perhaps the worst of those was Tropical Storm Allison in June 2001. One of those two storms gained a slightly different moniker during its lifespan: Nor'Ida. There have been storms that never made it hurricane-strength. Eighteen cyclones have been given this name, including two in the Atlantic. This hurricane made landfall south of Brownsville with winds of 135 mph (Category 4). Ask students to give you examples of natural disasters, including floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes, landslides, volcanic eruptions. Engage students in the topic by inviting them to share their knowledge of natural disasters. The first Texas hurricane named for a man was Hurricane Gilbert in mid-September, 1988. PBS NewsHour: Climate change is part of California’s recipe for intense wildfire. Male names were introduced in 1978 leading to what is now an alternating process of hurricane names. ![]() Major Hurricane Audrey, with winds up to 145 mph, struck at Sabine Pass in late June 1957. The first named storm that struck Texas was in late June 1954 when Hurricane Alice made landfall at Brownsville with winds of 80 mph. The exception was in September 1900, the always-referenced Galveston Hurricane, a Category 3 (130 mph) that killed between 8000 and 12,000. Thirty-four of the 35 hurricanes in Texas were identified by a number between 18. ![]() But fittingly, the busiest season on record refuses to go out quietly: As of December 1, a low-pressure. The numbering system started in 1886 and would last until 1950 when storms were given names of women. The brutal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season has officially ended, after generating an extraordinary 30 named storms (highest on record), 13 hurricanes (second highest on record), and six major hurricanes (tied for second highest on record). The ACE value of 7.6 occurring over the state in 2022 is a 1-in-20-year event, and Florida experienced the displeasure of two hurricane strikes for the first time since 2005. It’s possible to have forgotten this hurricane’s Texas landfall as most Texans, actually most people, would remember a much stronger hurricane that hit the Texas coast a few years earlier. It weakened back to a tropical storm 3 1/2 hours later. At landfall the winds were 75 mph, making it a minimal hurricane, but a hurricane nonetheless. It struck the eastern part of Matagorda Peninsula at 12:30 a.m. The great hurricane of 1926 ended the economic boom in South Florida and would be a 90 billion disaster had it occurred in recent times. The last hurricane to hit Texas happened in September 2021. Texas, the state with the second most tropical storms/hurricanes (behind Florida) might just be due for another hurricane. This translates to three named tropical storms/hurricanes to hit over a four-year period. The average annual rate for tropical storms or hurricanes on the coast is less than one, or 0.8. The latest statistical information shows that hurricanes hit our state’s coastline about once every six years. Could Texas have a hurricane in 2023? It may be time ![]()
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