High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1949 Texas hurricane was an intense tropical cyclone of the 1949 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming in the Pacific Ocean on September 27, the storm crossed into the Gulf of Mexico—one of only a handful of known storms to do so—and began to intensify. It ultimately peaked with winds corresponding to Category 4 status on the modern-day Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale and made landfall near Freeport, Texas on the night of October 3. It rapidly weakened after moving inland and dissipated several days later. Damage from the storm was moderate, although the hurricane temporarily cut off the city of Galveston from the mainland. Rice crops suffered extensive damage, with losses estimated at up to $10 million (1949 USD, $92.1 million 2012 USD). Two people died due to the hurricane.