| Major Hurricanes and Floods |
| May, 2004 |
major flood (Reynosa) |
| July, 2003 |
Tropical Storm Claudette (details to be included) |
| Oct, 2002 |
major flood (children of the Puente de Esperanza orphanage in Reynosa escape rising water |
| Nov 16, 2001 |
major flood (thunderstorm, wind and rain leave Reynosa neighborhoods flooded for more than a week and close international bridge) |
| Sept. 16-18, 1999 |
Hurricane Brett (12 inches of rain cause extensive flooding in Matamoros and parts of LRGV) |
| Sept. 16-18, 1988 |
Hurricane Gilbert (landfall 125 miles south of Brownsville, TX) |
| Aug. 9-11, 1980 |
Hurricane Allen (South Texas) |
| Sept. 9-13, 1971 |
Hurricane Fern (details to be included) |
| Sept. 18-23, 1967 |
Hurricane Beulah (landfall at mouth of Rio Grande; 136 mph winds) |
| Sept. 4-5, 1933 |
hurricane (landfall north of Brownsville, TX; confirmed 106 mph winds, estimated 125mph; 90 percent of citrus crop destroyed in LRGV) |
| Sept. 8-10, 1921 |
hurricane (record rainfall, flooding to LRGV and South Texas; 215 in Texas were killed) |
| May 7, 1919 |
windstorm (high winds and hail between Rio Grande City, TX and Gulf Coast; substantial loss of life and property; crops destroyed) |
| Oct. 3, 1867 |
hurricane (tracks Texas coast from Sabine River to Rio Grande; Bagdad, Tamaulipas and Clarksville, TX destroyed at mouth of Rio Grande) |
| Oct. 12-13, 1880 |
hurricane (landfall near Brownsville, TX) |
| Aug. 13, 1880 |
hurricane (landfall near Matamoros, Tamaulipas) |
| Aug. 6, 1844 |
hurricane (all houses destroyed at mouth of Rio Grande and Brazos Santiago, TX eight miles north; 70 lives lost in Texas) |
| 1800 |
major flood (Reynosa, Tamaulipas destroyed; city center relocated) |
| LRGV = Lower Rio Grande Valley |
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