Hurricane is only fifth to hit Coastal Bend in century.
Many storms batter Texas, but rarely in Coastal Bend.
Hurricane Harvey is just the fifth major hurricane to hit the Texas Coastal Bend in just over 100 years.
Hurricanes rated Category 3 or higher are considered major. Category 3 storms have sustained winds of 111-129 mph, category 4 storms have winds of 130-156 mph, and category 5 storms, the highest classification, have sustained winds of 157 mph or higher, according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Hurricane Bret made landfall in 1999 on Padre Island with winds of 115 mph, killing four people, according to the National Weather Service. Celia made landfall in 1970 in Corpus Christi with winds of 125 mph, killing 11 people.
Hurricane “Number 2” in 1919 made landfall in Corpus Christi with winds of 140 mph, killing 284 people, and hurricane “Number 4” in 1916 made landfall in Corpus Christi with winds of 125 mph, killing 20 people, according to the weather service.
Fifteen other major hurricanes have devastated Texas’ coast since 1900:
■ Ike (2008): landfall on Galveston Island, 110 mph winds
■ Rita (2005): landfall at the Texas-Louisiana border, 100-120 mph winds reported
■ Gilbert (1988): landfall south of Brownsville, 135 mph winds
■ Alicia (1983): landfall in Galveston, 115 mph winds, 13 deaths
■ Allen (1980): landfall in Port Mansfield, 115 mph winds, 7 deaths
■ Beulah (1967): landfall in Brownsville, 135 mph winds, 11 deaths
■ Carla (1961): landfall in Port Lavaca, 145 mph winds, 46 deaths
■ Audrey (1957): landfall in Sabine Pass, 145 mph winds, 9 deaths
■ “Number 3” (1942): landfall in Matagorda, 115 mph winds, 8 deaths
■ “Number 2” (1941): landfall in Texas City, 120 mph winds, 4 deaths
■ “Number 11” (1933): landfall in Brownsville, 125 mph winds, 40 deaths
■ “Number 2” (1932): landfall in Freeport, 140 mph winds, 40 deaths
■ “Number 2” (1915): landfall in Galveston, 140 mph winds, 275 deaths
■ “Number 3” (1909): landfall in Velasco, 130 mph winds, 41 deaths
■ “Galveston Hurricane” (1900): landfall in Galveston, 130 mph winds, 8,000 deaths
Texas has seen dozens more hurricanes going back to 1527. A majority of those storms are nameless with no recorded wind speeds. Here are some, according to the weather service:
■ “Number 9” (1886): landfall in Beaumont, 100 mph winds, 150 deaths
■ “Number 5” (1886): landfall in Indianola, 100 mph winds, 20 deaths
■ Unnamed (1875): landfall in Indianola, 100 mph winds, 270 deaths
■ Unnamed (1844): landfall in Brownsville, 70 deaths
■ “Racer’s Storm” (1837): landfall in Brownsville, 105 deaths
■ Unnamed (1818): landfall in Galveston, more than 1,000 deaths
■ Unnamed (1554): landfall in Brownsville, 50-100 deaths
■ Unnamed (1553): landfall on “lower Texas coast,” 1,700 deaths
■ Unnamed (1527): landfall in Matagorda Bay, 200 deaths