a destructive hurricane that struck the
Texas coast on September 11, 1961.
the name of a hurricane that struck the
coast of
Texas, USA, on 11 September 1961 and caused floods and tornadoes in
Texas,
Louisiana,
Kansas and
Missouri. Around 500,000 people were evacuated from the
path of the storm, limiting the
death toll to about forty people. At this
time, Hurricane Carla was described as the "fiercest hurricane in 61 years."