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Research Projects » Tropical Storm Frances (September 1998)
Tropical Storm Frances
It was "Just" a Tropical Storm
INTRODUCTION
Most people associate significant tropical cyclone damage with hurricanes and not tropical storms. But tropical storms too can wreak havoc in and around locations in
which they strike. Tropical Storm Frances struck the Upper Texas Coast on September 11, 1998, but some of her effects have been long-lasting. Behaving like a category
1 hurricane when she landed, Frances produced very significant damage to the Upper Texas coast in the form of beach erosion and inland flooding.
For a record ninth straight year, Southeast Texas escaped the wrath of a hurricane. Strong hurricanes like 1998's Georges and Mitch demonstrated the devastation
such systems are capable of inflicting on people and property. Tropical Storm Frances was perhaps mother nature's way of letting us all know that we live in the path of
tropical cyclones, and we should always be prepared for the next strike, whether it be from a tropical storm or a hurricane.
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