Aug 26, 2020
Hurricane Laura made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast. The hurricane brought high surf, elevated tides and some winds and wind gusts to tropical storm force along the SE Texas coast. There we no measured sustained winds to tropical storm force at land observation sites and very little rainfall.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 918161). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Galveston Island And Bolivar Peninsula County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.
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