Research Paper On Hurricane Alicia Hurricane

In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people, along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported tornadoes to add to the damages. Nearly 750,000 lost power and over 8,000 miles of power lines was down during the storm leaving people without power for over a week. The hurricane ruined many large business and buildings and tons of residential homes. Since the damage was so detrimental, the hurricanes name was retired.
The United States hadn’t experienced a Hurricane in three years until Hurricane Alicia hit Galveston, Texas and along the gulf coast. The hurricane was reported as a Category 3 hurricane, with high winds of almost 100 mph and strong gusts up to about 127 mph. The town of Seabrook by Galveston Beach got a 12-foot tsunami like storm surge and an 11-foot tide completely flooded through buildings
FEMA donated approximately $32 million to people affected by the hurricane and to the local governments in order to begin the rebuilding process. Within the money they donated about $23 million of that went to cleaning up debris left over after the storm. Over 16,000 people received aid from FEMA's disaster relief service centers. The Small Business Administration came to help by sending 56 people to volunteer and interviewed over 16,000 individuals affected by the hurricane. The Federal Insurance Agency had gone through 1,318 flood insurance cases from Hurricane Alicia's devastation, unfortunately only 782 people ever received final payment from their