What is List of Texas hurricanes (1950–1979)?
The [[United States|U.S. State]] of [[Texas]] was affected by at least 34 [[tropical cyclone|tropical]] or [[subtropical cyclone]]s between 1950 and 1979. A tropical cyclone hits Texas about three times every four years. On any 50 mile segment of the coastline, a hurricane hits about once every six years. The most intense storms in terms of the [[barometric pressure]] are [[Hurricane Carla|Carla]] in 1961 and [[Hurricane Beulah|Beulah]] in 1967. The earlier was Texas' most damaging hurricane in the 1960s. It killed 46 people and caused $325 million in damage. ==1950-1964== June 26-27, 1957: [[Hurricane Audrey]] hit near the Texas-[[Louisiana]] state line as a Category 4 hurricane. The winds were near 145 miles per hour. Most of the storm's impact was in Louisiana. However, the storm still brought strong winds to far east Texas. September 10-12, 1961: [[Hurricane Carla]] hit near [[Port Lavaca, Texas|Port Lavaca]]. It was a Category 4 hurricane with an estimated central pressure near 931 millibars. An F4 [[tornado]] was put out by the storm near [[Galveston, Texas|Galveston]]. That was the strongest tornado ever caused by a hurricane. Carla killed 46 people, 31 in Texas alone. The storm caused $325 million in damage. ==1965-1979== September 19-21, 1967: [[Hurricane Beulah]] hit just south of [[Brownsville, Texas|Brownsville]] as a mild Category 4 hurricane. It created 115 tornadoes (a record at the time). There were fifteen deaths in the United States. Damage was near $200 million.<ref>{{cite report|title=Hurricane Season 1967|publisher=NOAA|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/lib/lib1/nhclib/mwreviews/1967.pdf|access-date=July 15, 2018}}</ref> August 2-3, 1970: [[Hurricane Celia]] hit near [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]]. The storm had [[microburst]]s and [[downburst]]s. Celia killed 28 people. It caused $930 million in damage in Texas. It was the costliest storm in Texas before [[Hurricane Alicia]].<ref>{{cite report|title=Hurricane Celia Damage|publisher=NOAA|url=https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/archive