An active hurricane season is forecast this year thanks in part to the emergence of La Niña, but how might it compare to the worst seasons in the past 15 years?
It may only be in April, but the start of the Atlantic hurricane season is fast approaching and it could be a fierce season. A troubling combination of factors are expected to provide the ingredients necessary for the development of numerous and intense tropical cyclones. What places will be hit by this season’s tropical storms and hurricanes? It’s far too early to say with any sort of confidence or accuracy, but it shouldn’t stop you from preparing for them.
Is the weather getting more extreme in Texas? The history of devastation inflicted on Texas by hurricane seasons underscores the importance of storm preparations because it only takes one to forever change a community. Let’s go back in time to look at the worst hurricane seasons of the past 15 years. 5. Record-high activity in 2020 A record-smashing 30 named tropical systems occurred in 2020, exceeding the previous record of 28 set in 2005.
Texas is in for an ‘extremely active’ 2024 hurricane season. Here's why. 3. Tropical Storm Imelda and the 2019 season Although many of the 18 named tropical systems in the 2019 hurricane season were weaker than most or short-lived, and Texas escaped the 2019 hurricane season without a direct hurricane landfall, Tropical Storm Imelda did push ashore on the upper Texas Gulf Coast in mid-September that year.
Photos show how Harvey flooded Houston neighborhoods Hurricane Harvey resulted in the deaths of at least 68 people, all of whom were in Texas. All but three deaths were caused by freshwater flooding and, remarkably for a major hurricane, none was the result of storm surge. Total estimated cost of damage caused by Harvey equates to more than $125 billion, but the actual damage cost is likely higher. More than 300,000 structures in Southeast Texas were flooded along with 500,000 vehicles.
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