These storms have the potential to gather strength as they travel all the way 

 across the Atlantic and as a result are usually more powerful than the 

 earlier storms (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 1967). 



The coast from Mobile Bay to Cape San Bias, Florida have the highest 



probability of damage from tropical storms along the Gulf Coast (Figure 14). 



This area has sustained damage from tropical storms in excess of 20 times 

 between 1901 and 1979. 



Figure 14. 

 1978). 



Frequency of destruction by tropical storms, 1904-77 (Long 



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