Hurricane #3, 1909

This powerful hurricane made landfall over Freeport, which experienced the effects of the calm "eye" for 45 minutes. The hurricane destroyed half the town of Velasco and resulted in 41 deaths. The tide in Galveston was 10' above normal.

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