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Deadliest & Costliest Texas Hurricanes (20th Century)

July 3rd, 2008 Posted in SKYWARN, SHARES, M.A.R.S., SPARCS
Hurricane   Year Category Storm Deaths
Galveston 1900 4 6,000
Corpus Christi/Keys 1919 4 600*
Audrey (Sabine Pass) 1957 4 390
Galveston 1915 4 275
Carla (Port O’Connor) 1961 4 46
Velasco 1909 3 41
Freeport 1932 4 40
Brownsville 1933 3 40

*More than 500 of 600-900 estimated deaths lost on ships at sea.
The Texas estimate of deaths was 284.
Sources: National Hurricane Center, Texas Weather by George Bomar

Hurricane   Year Category Storm Damage
Alicia (San Luis Pass) 1983 3 $3 billion
Allen (Port Mansfield) 1980 3 $600 million
Allison 1989 Tropical Storm $500 million
Celia (Corpus Christi) 1970 3 $453 million
Carla (Port O’Connor) 1961 4 $408 million
Claudette 1979 Tropical Storm $400 million
Beulah (Brownsville) 1967 3 $200 million
Audrey (Sabine Pass) 1957 4 $150 million
Bret (Padre Island) 1999 4 $75 million
 

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