Hurricane Carla was the most intense tropical cyclone landfall in Texas in the 20th century. [1] The third named storm of the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season, Carla developed from an area of …

Carla was the last of 6 hurricanes to make landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, with sustained winds stronger than 130 mph, in the 20 th century. …

Rapidly moving northeastward, Carla's remnants reached the Labrador Sea, Canada and dissipated on September 17, 1961. Click here for an interactive track of Hurricane Carla. Carla …

Sep 11, 2022 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On September 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla, one of the strongest storms of the century slammed into the Texas coast. Just how strong was Carla? …

Sep 11, 2018 · A Category 4 hurricane, Carla devastated the Texas Gulf Coast starting on Sept. 11, 1961. The hurricane would reign as the worst in Texas until Harvey hit in 2017.

Sep 12, 2020 · PORT O'CONNOR, Texas — On Sept. 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla crashed into the Texas Coast at Port O’Connor. It turned out to be one of the biggest storms in size in …

Sep 10, 2021 · Over the Gulf, Carla would become a Category 5, 175mph hurricane in the early morning hours of the 11th. Winds dropped to 145-150mph (Cat 4) before striking the coast …

Sep 11, 2019 · HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- On September 11, 1961, Hurricane Carla, one of the strongest storms of the century slammed into the Texas coast. Just how strong was Carla? …

Hurricane Carla was a Category 1 hurricane as it briefly moved northward and then northwestward, skimming Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. After entering the Gulf of Mexico, the …

Hurricane Carla was one of two Category 5 tropical cyclones. It hit the Texas shore in the 1961 Atlantic hurricane season as a Category 4 hurricane, becoming one of the most powerful …