carla killed 43 people, 31 of them in texas. the low number of deaths was due to what was then the largest movement of people out of their homes in us history except during a war. one half million people moved inland from exposed coastal areas. carla caused a total of $325 million (1961 usd, $2.36 billion 2010 usd) in damage, not much considering carla's strength at landfall.