TEXAS, USA — September is considered one the most active months for hurricanes to strike the Texas coast, and this week marked the anniversary of two of the worst: Hurricane Carla in 1961 and ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Hurricane Carla, in 1961, was so big that it filled the Gulf of Mexico before it struck just 175 miles from Austin, coming ashore at Port O’Connor, south of Galveston. The storm, which ...