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In the past 125 years, 3 major hurricanes have impacted the city of the Corpus Christi in such a way that leaders in the city had to redesign precautions for safeguarding the lives and beauties of a city tied to the water.
43 hurricanes have been recorded in the Corpus Christi, TX since 1930. The largest hurricane was Beulah in 1967. The most recent Corpus Christi, TX hurricane was Bill in 2015.
September 11, 1998 – Tropical Storm Frances makes landfall north of Corpus Christi on September 11 as a moderately strong tropical storm.
Since 1829, the longest hurricane-free period for Texas was nearly 10 years: between October 1989 and August 1999. In contrast, one or more hurricanes affected the coast each year from 1885 to 1888. In 1886, four hurricanes struck the Texas coast with the first and last both hitting Sabine Pass.
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Winds and Storm Surge. Carla was an extremely large hurricane with devastating effects from the winds and storm surge for the Middle and Upper Texas coast. Hurricane force gusts were recorded along the Texas coast from Port Mansfield to Galveston.
Corpus Christi was founded in 1839 by Colonel Henry Lawrence Kinney as Kinney's Trading Post, or Kinney's Ranch, a small trading post to sell supplies to a Mexican revolutionary army camped about 25 miles west, just three years after Texas declared independence from Mexico.
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 making landfall on Texas, Hurricane Carla and Hurricane Beulah made landfall as major hurricanes during the decade. Both hurricanes were subsequently retired.
