Disasters
- September 11, 1961 - Hurricane Carla struck the Texas Coast to the east of Port Lavaca, Texas, bringing heavy rainfall and wind damage to the Houston area.
- August 18, 1983 - Hurricane Alicia hits Houston and Galveston.
- June 5 – June 9, 2001 - Tropical Storm Allison devastates the Houston area flooding much of the city including the Central Business District, several cultural institutions and major hospitals and research facilities in the Texas Medical Center. The storm is called a 500-year event.
- June 19, 2006 - Major flooding in Southeast Houston causes homes and roads to fill up with water. This was the most rain since Tropical Storm Allison in 2001
- September 12.September 13, 2008 - Hurricane Ike passes through city causing flooding, wind damage and widespread power failures.
Read more about this topic: Historical Events Of Houston
Famous quotes containing the word disasters:
“Those who escape death in great disasters are surely destined for good fortune later.”
—Chinese proverb.
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day’s disasters in his morning face.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)